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Plast Reconstr Surg
; 144(6): 1080e-1094e, 2019 12.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31764672
RESUMO
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe the fundamental concepts of multimodal analgesia techniques and how they target pain pathophysiology. 2. Effectively educate patients on postoperative pain and safe opioid use. 3. Develop and implement a multimodal postoperative analgesia regimen. SUMMARY: For many years, opioids were the cornerstone of postoperative pain control, contributing to what has become a significant public health concern. This article discusses contemporary approaches to multimodal, opioid-sparing postoperative pain management in the plastic surgical patient.