Treatment of acute postoperative pain

Treatment of acute postoperative pain. The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9784, Pages 2215 - 2225, 25 June 2011.

Wu, CL and Raja, SN.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60245-6/abstract?rss=yes

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60245-6

Although postoperative pain remains incompletely controlled in some settings, increased understanding of its mechanisms and the development of several therapeutic approaches have substantially improved pain control in past years.