postoperative pain

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postoperative
adjective
uk
/ˌpəʊstˈɒp.ər.ə.tɪv/us
/ˌpoʊstˈɑː.pɚ.ə.tɪv/
relating to the period of time that immediately follows a ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪn/us
/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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Clinically meaningfulpostoperativepainwas assessed at follow-up interviews 2, 10, and 30 days after surgery.
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Ideally, treatment ofpostoperativepainbegins in the operating room and continues into postoperative care allowing the child to awaken pain free.
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However, clinical studies show evidence of reducedpostoperativepain(1;8) and that recovery time tends to be shorter than for open surgery.
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As in other studies, despite high pain intensity scores, patients reported high levels of satisfaction withpostoperativepainmanagement.
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Two scales were recommended forpostoperativepainassessment, one for use in hospital and the other at home.
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In addition, other relevant factors, such as time before return to activity,postoperativepain, aesthetics, and costs, also need to be considered using standardized methods of measurement.
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This procedure however may result in lymphedema and other discomforts to patients such as damage to nerve and blood vessels,postoperativepainand limited arm mobility.
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Future studies designed to improve the quality ofpostoperativepainmanagement need to use multimodal approaches and evaluate not only pain intensity, but improvements in function as critical outcome measures.
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Information about numbers of beds, financial and staffing resources allocated to the investigation and management of pain includingpostoperativepainis not held centrally.
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However, it is more invasive (a large skin incision is necessary), and there is morepostoperativepainand a risk for wound infection.
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Postoperativepainis also worse than the normal discomfort which accompanies healing following any minor surgical procedure.
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A combination of hydrocodone and ibuprofen was more effective than either of the drugs on their own in relievingpostoperativepain.
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Forpostoperativepain, it is more or less equal to ibuprofen.
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There are few randomized trials, but studies have found lesspostoperativepain, shorter hospital stays, and shorter recovery.
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It has around the same efficacy as an analgesic as codeine, and was evaluated for the treatment ofpostoperativepain.
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However, most of the surgeons prefer performing the bowel resection laparoscopically mainly because thepostoperativepainis reduced and the patient's recovery is faster.
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Postoperativepainis universal and intense, generally requiring opioids, and does interfere with the recovery of respiratory function.
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Routine botulinum toxin infiltration of the chest wall musculature at the time of mastectomy and immediate reconstructionwould paralyze the muscles and reduce thepostoperativepaincaused by muscle spasm.
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Arthroscopic surgery also allows for shorter recovery time although there does not appear to be significant difference inpostoperativepainor pain medication use between arthroscopic and open surgical patients.
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The results of these studies showed the use of celecoxib or dexamethasone as effective for the prevention and preemptive control ofpostoperativepainafter periodontal surgery.
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