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General aspects in management of postoperative pain

 
Preoperative assessment and patient information
Yigal Leykin
Assessment of pain
Ruth Zaslansky


Treatment specific management of postoperative pain

 
Paracetamol
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Michael Husband and Richard Langford
Dipyrone
Ruth Zaslansky
Opioids
Ragnar Backstrom
Multimodal analgesia
Dominique Fletcher
Non pharmacological techniques
Winfried Meissner
Regional anaesthesia techniques
Narinder Rawal


Patient or condition specific management of postoperative pain

 
Elderly
Narinder Rawal
Hepatic failure
Stephan Schug
Renal insufficiency
Stephan Schug
Non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy
Andreas Kopf
Lactating patient
Andreas Kopf
Diabetes
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Cardiac patients
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Obesity
Yigal Leykin
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Stephan Schug
Opioid tolerant patients
Babita Ghai, Saowarat Snidvongs, Vivek Mehta and Andreas Kopf


Procedure specific management of postoperative pain

 
Haemorrhoidectomy
Narinder Rawal
Tonsillectomy
Saowarat Snidvongs, Kristin Ullrich and Dominque Fletcher
Breast surgery
Richard Langford and Saowarat Snidvongs
Thoracotomy
Silviu Brill
Hysterectomy
Yigal Leykin
Craniotomy
Silviu Brill
Shoulder surgery
Narinder Rawal
Major knee surgery
Dominique Fletcher
Major hip surgery
Dominique Fletcher
Hip fracture in the elderly
Narinder Rawal
Vascular surgery
Yigal Leykin
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Lucian Fodor
Colectomy
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn