Novel Techniques and Local Anesthetics for Perioperative Pain Management
Ashley Wang,
Katrina Kerolus,
Evan Garry
et al.
Abstract:Careful perioperative pain management is crucial for good patient outcomes after surgery, as poorly controlled pain interferes with the ability of patients to recover to normal baseline function and increases postoperative morbidity and mortality. Although opioids have been the mainstay for treating postoperative pain, there has been a shift in favor of a multimodal analgesic approach, including regional anesthesia, as a way to circumvent opioid-related adverse events (e.g. nausea and vomiting, respiratory dep… Show more
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