Why the study?
Adequate perioperative pain management is integral to patient care and outcomes, requiring consideration of biological, psychological, and social dimensions to achieve optimum postoperative management.
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May inform holistic postoperative pain strategies; leaves open need for prospective trials before changing practice.
Adequate perioperative pain management is integral to patient care and outcomes. Each of the biological, psychological and social dimensions of the pain experience should be considered and understood in order to provide optimum pain management in the postoperative setting.
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