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Postoperative pain

MedGen UID:
10542
Concept ID:
C0030201
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Pain, Post operative; Pain, Post-operative; Pain, Post-surgical; Pain, Postoperative; Pain, Postsurgical; Post operative Pain; Post surgical Pain; Post-operative Pain; Post-operative Pains; Post-surgical Pain; Postoperative Pain; Postsurgical Pain
SNOMED CT: Postoperative pain (213299007)

Definition

A sensation of discomfort secondary to surgery. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPostoperative pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Small C, Laycock H
Br J Surg 2020 Jan;107(2):e70-e80. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11477. PMID: 31903595
Li JW, Ma YS, Xiao LK
Orthop Surg 2019 Oct;11(5):755-761. doi: 10.1111/os.12535. PMID: 31663286Free PMC Article
Chou R, Gordon DB, de Leon-Casasola OA, Rosenberg JM, Bickler S, Brennan T, Carter T, Cassidy CL, Chittenden EH, Degenhardt E, Griffith S, Manworren R, McCarberg B, Montgomery R, Murphy J, Perkal MF, Suresh S, Sluka K, Strassels S, Thirlby R, Viscusi E, Walco GA, Warner L, Weisman SJ, Wu CL
J Pain 2016 Feb;17(2):131-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.12.008. PMID: 26827847

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pirie K, Traer E, Finniss D, Myles PS, Riedel B
Br J Anaesth 2022 Sep;129(3):378-393. Epub 2022 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.05.029. PMID: 35803751
Anger M, Valovska T, Beloeil H, Lirk P, Joshi GP, Van de Velde M, Raeder J; PROSPECT Working Group* and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
Anaesthesia 2021 Aug;76(8):1082-1097. Epub 2021 May 20 doi: 10.1111/anae.15498. PMID: 34015859
Chen YK, Boden KA, Schreiber KL
Anaesthesia 2021 Jan;76 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):8-17. doi: 10.1111/anae.15256. PMID: 33426669Free PMC Article
Zieliński J, Morawska-Kochman M, Zatoński T
Adv Clin Exp Med 2020 Mar;29(3):365-374. doi: 10.17219/acem/112600. PMID: 32129952
Kehlet H, Jensen TS, Woolf CJ
Lancet 2006 May 13;367(9522):1618-25. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68700-X. PMID: 16698416

Diagnosis

Liu C, Chen X, Wu S
Complement Ther Med 2022 Dec;71:102892. Epub 2022 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102892. PMID: 36309174
Ferreira NS, Gollo EKF, Boscato N, Arias A, Silva EJNLD
Braz Oral Res 2020;34:e069. Epub 2020 Jul 15 doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2020.vol34.0069. PMID: 32696911
Zieliński J, Morawska-Kochman M, Zatoński T
Adv Clin Exp Med 2020 Mar;29(3):365-374. doi: 10.17219/acem/112600. PMID: 32129952
Rawal N
Eur J Anaesthesiol 2016 Mar;33(3):160-71. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000366. PMID: 26509324
Lovich-Sapola J, Smith CE, Brandt CP
Surg Clin North Am 2015 Apr;95(2):301-18. Epub 2015 Jan 24 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.10.002. PMID: 25814108

Therapy

Liu C, Chen X, Wu S
Complement Ther Med 2022 Dec;71:102892. Epub 2022 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102892. PMID: 36309174
Lemoine A, Martinez V, Bonnet F
Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2019 Sep;33(3):287-292. Epub 2019 Aug 12 doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2019.08.002. PMID: 31785714
Schwendicke F, Göstemeyer G
BMJ Open 2017 Feb 1;7(2):e013115. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013115. PMID: 28148534Free PMC Article
Hofmeyr JG, Novikova N, Mathai M, Shah A
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009 Nov;201(5):431-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.03.018. PMID: 19879392
Chang GJ, Nelson H
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2005 Oct;7(5):396-403. doi: 10.1007/s11894-005-0010-4. PMID: 16168239

Prognosis

Fregoso G, Wang A, Tseng K, Wang J
Pain Physician 2019 Sep;22(5):479-488. PMID: 31561647
Li S, Zhang W, Cheng S, Li Y
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019 Oct 1;29(4):555-560. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivz132. PMID: 31180480
Kleiman AM, Sanders DT, Nemergut EC, Huffmyer JL
Reg Anesth Pain Med 2017 Nov/Dec;42(6):698-708. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000663. PMID: 28937533
Porela-Tiihonen S, Kaarniranta K, Kokki H
J Cataract Refract Surg 2013 May;39(5):789-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.03.012. PMID: 23608571
Adams CE, Wald M
Urol Clin North Am 2009 Aug;36(3):331-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2009.05.009. PMID: 19643235

Clinical prediction guides

García PS, Kreuzer M, Hight D, Sleigh JW
Br J Anaesth 2021 Feb;126(2):445-457. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.10.036. PMID: 33461725
Velázquez-Saornil J, Ruíz-Ruíz B, Rodríguez-Sanz D, Romero-Morales C, López-López D, Calvo-Lobo C
Medicine (Baltimore) 2017 Apr;96(17):e6726. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006726. PMID: 28445290Free PMC Article
Diener I, Kargela M, Louw A
Physiother Theory Pract 2016 Jul;32(5):356-67. Epub 2016 Jun 28 doi: 10.1080/09593985.2016.1194648. PMID: 27351690
Werner MU, Mjöbo HN, Nielsen PR, Rudin A
Anesthesiology 2010 Jun;112(6):1494-502. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181dcd5a0. PMID: 20460988
Jensen MP, Chen C, Brugger AM
J Pain 2003 Sep;4(7):407-14. doi: 10.1016/s1526-5900(03)00716-8. PMID: 14622683

Recent systematic reviews

Xuan C, Yan W, Wang D, Li C, Ma H, Mueller A, Chin V, Houle TT, Wang J
Br J Anaesth 2022 Dec;129(6):946-958. Epub 2022 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.08.038. PMID: 36404458
Lohsiriwat V, Jitmungngan R
Medicina (Kaunas) 2022 Mar 12;58(3) doi: 10.3390/medicina58030418. PMID: 35334594Free PMC Article
Waelkens P, Alsabbagh E, Sauter A, Joshi GP, Beloeil H; PROSPECT Working group∗∗ of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain therapy (ESRA)
Eur J Anaesthesiol 2021 Sep 1;38(9):985-994. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001448. PMID: 34397527Free PMC Article
Anger M, Valovska T, Beloeil H, Lirk P, Joshi GP, Van de Velde M, Raeder J; PROSPECT Working Group* and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
Anaesthesia 2021 Aug;76(8):1082-1097. Epub 2021 May 20 doi: 10.1111/anae.15498. PMID: 34015859
Tola YO, Chow KM, Liang W
J Clin Nurs 2021 Dec;30(23-24):3369-3384. Epub 2021 May 3 doi: 10.1111/jocn.15827. PMID: 33942405

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