Perioperative Pain Management- Introduction

A greater understanding of acute and chronic painChronic pain is vital to creating a safe and effective perioperative pain managementPerioperative pain management plan for surgical patients. Expedited recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols aimed at improving perioperatively painPain control help facilitate early postoperative ambulation and rehabilitation for patients. This is of great interest to patients who experience less postoperative complications and to hospitals who seek high patient satisfaction scores and shorter length of stay times. The perioperativePerioperative team has many techniques at their disposal to provide patients with these benefits: medications which target various pain receptors, minimally invasive procedures which utilize image-guidance to maximize effectiveness and reduce riskRisks, and tailored care to address the biopsychosocial profile of the individual patients.