Pain

Advantages of postoperative pain relief
There are several advantages of postoperative pain relief.

Types of postoperative pain relief
There are many different ways of providing postoperative pain relief.

Pain relief after surgery
Pain causes great discomfort and can be harmful to the patient. It is therefore important to ensure pain relief postoperatively and to continue as long as the patient needs it.

How long should pain relief continue?
Surgeons all too often think their patients do not have any pain, and if they have, it does not last longer than a day. If only they would ask their patients!

Traditional way of post-operative pain relief: Injections of morphine or another opioid
The "traditional" way of postoperative pain relief involves injections of morphine or another opioid.

Local anaesthetics of post-operative pain relief, including Nerve Blocks
If the surgery is minor, like removal of a breastlump, infiltration of the surgical area with local anaesthetic will be sufficient analgesia.