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Author Spotlight: Quantifying Pain Experience – An Illustrative Approach Using the Pain Body Diagram
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Pain Management and Body Contouring.
Amanda Norwich1, Deepak Narayan1
1Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|November 19, 2018
Summary
Effective pain management after body contouring surgery is crucial. This study explores opiate alternatives like regional blocks and multimodal regimens to reduce opioid use and improve patient recovery.
Area of Science:
- Plastic Surgery
- Pain Management
- Anesthesiology
Background:
- Body contouring procedures encompass surgeries like mastopexy, abdominoplasty, liposuction, and lower body lift.
- Optimal postoperative pain control is essential for reducing hospital stay, promoting early ambulation, and minimizing complications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review and focus on opiate alternatives for postoperative pain management in body contouring surgery.
- To highlight methods that decrease reliance on oral or intravenous opioid medications.
Main Methods:
- Review of innovations in pain control beyond traditional opiate medications.
- Discussion of prolonged local anesthesia administration and regional blocks.
- Exploration of multimodal regimens utilizing non-opioid analgesics.
Main Results:
- Non-opiate approaches aim to decrease oral/intravenous opioid use.
- Reduced opioid consumption facilitates faster return to normal bowel function.
- Utilizing opiate alternatives can decrease the risk of opioid addiction.
Conclusions:
- Innovations in pain management offer alternatives to traditional opioid-based analgesia for body contouring.
- Implementing these strategies can lead to improved patient outcomes and recovery.
- Focusing on opiate alternatives is key to enhancing safety and patient satisfaction.
Keywords:
Abdominoplasty painBody contouring painBreast augmentation painMastopexy painMultimodal pain controlPain controlPostoperative painPreoperative painMore Related Videos
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