Post-operative pain is a common and distressing experience for patients undergoing surgical procedures. The pain can range from mild discomfort to severe agony, and it can interfere with the recovery process, resulting in delayed wound healing, increased risk of infections, and prolonged hospital stays. Effective management of post-operative pain is crucial for improving patients’ outcomes and enhancing their overall quality of life. It is also essential to facilitate the sharing of ideas and information among healthcare professionals to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. By sharing knowledge and experiences related to post-operative pain management, healthcare providers can develop innovative strategies that are tailored to meet the unique needs of individual patients, ultimately leading to better outcomes and improved patient satisfaction.
These presentations will focus on post-operative pain at #EFIC2023:
| Wednesday 20th September | ||||
| Title | Speaker | Time | Type | |
| TW | Results of the pain out study | Winfried Meissner, DE | WEDS | |
| Refresher Course | Practical improvement strategies | Winfried Meissner GER | WEDS | |
| Refresher Course | How to develop a postoperative pain outpatient clinic | Jacqueline van Dijk DE | WEDS | |
| Refresher Course | What is the role of regional anesthesia in the prevention of chronification of acute postoperative pain | Patricia Lavand’homme BEL | WEDS | |
| TW | Outcome predictors for pain after surgery by using cross- sectional data | WEDS | TRANSLATIONAL | |
| Thursday 21st September | ||||
| Friday 22nd September | ||||
| PL | Options for nurse-led interventions for personalized post-surgical pain management | Rianne Van Boekel, NL | FRI | |
| PL | Postoperative Pain – (Personalized) pain management after surgery can we learn something from large pain registries? | Winfried Meissner, DE | FRI | |
| TW | Advanced Practice Nursing in an acute pain management for prevention of chronic postsurgical pain | Nadja Nestler, AT | FRI | CLINICAL |
| DEB | Advanced Practice Nursing in an acute pain management for prevention of chronic postsurgical pain | Nadja Nestler, AT | FRI | CLINICAL |
| DEB | Mitigating pain and avoiding complications after surgery: how we need an interdisciplinary and multimodal approach of acute pain management | Rianne Van Boekel, NL | FRI | CLINICAL |
| TW | Opioids after surgery: Do we have a problem? | Patrice Forget, GB | FRI | CLINICAL |
| TW | Opioids after surgery – what do real-life data tell us? | Winfried Meissner, DE | FRI | CLINICAL |
| TW | How to prevent long term opioid use after surgery – new ideas related to personalized treatment options | Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, DE | FRI | CLINICAL |
