Orthopedic Journal of China 2009;17(24):1873-1875

Recent advances in perioperative pain management in orthopaedic surgery

Xin LU ; Guixing QIU

Keywords

perioperative analgesia; postoperative analgesia; preemptive analgesia; orthopaedic surgery; clinic

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

It is generally known that postoperative pain can cause many adverse clinical effects on the patients of orthopaedic surgery such as lack of exercises of the involved limb,atrophy of the related muscles,anchylosis,osteoparosis,et al,which will ultimately affect the patient's final recovery and living quality.This paper introduces some recent advanced theories about the orthopaedic postoperative pain diagnosis,evaluation and various kinds of treatments hoping to achieve more effective perioperative analgesia in orthopaedic surgery.