Professor Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon) - AKUTNE.CZ

Persistent postsurgical painSummary Acute postoperative pain is followed by chronic painin 10-50 % of patients Several risk factors have been identified Regional techniques may be beneficial in some procedures (thoracotomy,mastectomy, spine surgery) Preventive multimodal techniques using ketamine, gabapentin, coxibsseem to have potential Opioid sparing strategies are beneficial (opioids should be avoided) Need for further studies