Postoperative pain: a review of emerging therapeutic options.

Abhishek K GuptaShayla MenaZhaosheng JinTong J Gan Sergio D Bergese

Published in: Expert review of neurotherapeutics (2021)

The development of novel regional anesthesia techniques allows for opioid minimization in increasing number of surgical procedures. This synergizes with the availability of novel non-opioid analgesic adjucts. In addition, several novel opioid drugs have been developed which may be pathway selective and associated with less adverse effect than conventional opioids.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
postoperative pain
emergency department
adverse drug