title: Postoperative pain management after ambulatory surgery: role of multimodal analgesia.
abstract: Multimodal (or balanced) analgesia represents an increasingly popular approach to preventing postoperative pain. The approach involves administering a combination of opioid and nonopioid analgesics. Nonopioid analgesics are increasingly being used as adjuvants before, during, and after surgery to facilitate the recovery process after ambulatory surgery. Early studies evaluating approaches to facilitating the recovery process have demonstrated that the use of multimodal analgesic techniques can improve early recovery as well as other clinically meaningful outcomes after ambulatory surgery. The potential beneficial effects of local anesthetics, NSAIDs, and gabapentanioids in improving perioperative outcomes continue to be investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ofelia Loani
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Elvir-Lazo
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined