Management of postoperative analgesia in patients after craniotomy

Imaev A.A.; Dolmatova E.V.; Lubnin A.Yu.

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Abstract:

In a review paper, an analysis of publications in the world literature on the problem of acute postoperative pain in neurosurgical patients who underwent craniotomy is performed. Is shown that problem of acute postoperative pain in patients after craniotomy was underestimated for a long time. Mistakenly was thought that these patients do not experience any pain in the early postoperative period. Results of recent studies have shown that up to 80% of these patients may experience acute pain in the range from mild to severe. Unarrested postoperative pain could cause a number of serious secondary complications. This article demonstrates basic approaches to the prevention and treatment of acute postoperative pain in neurosurgical patients after craniotomy - first of all, the use of narcotic analgesics, NSAIDs, and other approaches.

Keywords:

craniotomy

acute postoperative pain syndrome

complications

narcotic and non-narcotic analgetics

Authors:

Imaev A.A.

FGBU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko" RAMN, Moskva

Dolmatova E.V.

FGBU "NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko" RAMN, Moskva

Lubnin A.Yu.

Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russia, N.N. Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia

RSCI AuthorID: 370609
Scopus AuthorID: 57192157123
ORCID: 0000-0003-2595-5877

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