This review provides an overview of the clinical issue of poorly controlled postoperative pain
and therapeutic approaches that may help to address this common unresolved health-care …

Background Acute postoperative pain is common. Nearly 20 per cent of patients experience
severe pain in the first 24 h after surgery, a figure that has remained largely unchanged in …

The nature of the transition from acute to chronic pain still eludes explanation, but chronic
pain resulting from surgery provides a natural experiment that invites clinical …

Importance Opioids administered to treat postsurgical pain are a major contributor to the
opioid crisis, leading to chronic use in a considerable proportion of patients. Initiatives …

Pain is an unpleasant feeling that has been shown to be an important factor for the recovery
of patients. Since this is costly in human resources and difficult to do objectively, there is the …

The erector spinae plane block is a new regional anaesthesia technique that provides
truncal anaesthesia for breast surgery. This systematic review and meta‐analysis was …

Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP), an often unanticipated result of necessary and even life-
saving procedures, develops in 5–10% of patients one-year after major surgery. Substantial …

Symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) causes substantial physical and psychosocial disability.
This article delineates the characteristic symptoms and signs associated with OA and how …

Total knee arthroplasty is associated with substantial postoperative pain that may impair
mobility, reduce the ability to participate in rehabilitation, lead to chronic pain, and reduce …

Importance There is increased interest in nonpharmacological treatments to reduce pain
after total knee arthroplasty. Yet, little consensus supports the effectiveness of these …