COMPASS—Your Resource for Exploring Perspectives in Postoperative Pain

During the past decade, the issue of postoperative pain management has come under increased scrutiny. A variety of factors have contributed to this situation, including increased patient awareness, advances in technology and increased clinical and regulatory initiatives. In spite of this progress, however, a significant proportion of patients still do not receive adequate relief of pain following surgery.

Acute Postoperative Pain Management: Can We Do Better?
by Eugene Viscusi, MD

Since the first demonstration of anesthesia with ether in 1846, significant inroads have been made in the area of postoperative pain. However, it has only been in the past few decades that postoperative pain and the way it is managed have really come to the forefront. This coincides with...