Poorly controlled postoperative pain is associated with increased morbidity, negatively
affects quality of life and functional recovery, and is a risk factor for persistent pain and …

Background: While persistent opioid use after surgery has been the subject of a large
number of studies, it is unknown how much variability in the definition of persistent use …

Background: There is insufficient prospective evidence regarding the relationship between
surgical experience and prolonged opioid use and pain. The authors investigated the …

Background Chronic postsurgical pain is common after surgery. Identification of non-opioid
analgesics with potential for preventing chronic postsurgical pain is important, although trials …

Opioid harm can vary by opioid type. This observational study examined the effect of opioid
type (oxycodone vs. tapentadol) on rates of persistent postoperative opioid use …

Importance Although the development of persistent opioid use after surgical procedures has
garnered much attention in recent years, large-scale studies characterizing patterns of …

Opioid use disorder, a major source of morbidity and mortality globally, is regularly linked to
opioids given around the time of surgery. Perioperative period, however, is markedly …

The erector spinae plane block is an emerging analgesic technique, which is gaining
popularity for a large number of procedures. The majority of publications are at the thoracic …

The goal of this comprehensive review was to synthesize the recent literature on the efficacy
of perioperative interventions targeting physical activity to improve pain and functional …

Background There are a number of studies in the literature that describe the prevalence,
causes, and factors associated with chronic postoperative opioid use, but there is a lack of …