Pain After Surgery The 2017 IASP Global Year Against Pain After Surgery has several purposes: Disseminate information worldwide about pain after surgery Educate pain researchers as well as health-care professionals who see the issues associated with such pain first-hand in their interactions with patients Increase awareness of postsurgical pain among public officials, members of the media, and the general public Encourage government leaders, health-care organizations, and others to support policies that result in improved management of pain after surgery Resources Find out what happened at the AP SIG symposium held during the EFIC congress in September 2017 Read what IASP chapters and other organizations have to say about the Global Year Against Pain After Surgery Collected articles from PAIN on pain after surgery Articles in PAIN Reports and issues of Pain: Clinical Updates related to postsurgical pain Chronic Pain After Surgery or Injury (2011) Are perioperative opioids obsolete? Proceedings of an IASP Acute Pain Special Interest Group Satellite Symposium September 25, 2016 Yokohama, Japan (2017) Persistent postsurgical pain in children and young people: prediction, prevention, and management (2017) Women report higher pain intensity at a lower level of inflammation after knee surgery compared with men (2017) Postoperative pain—from mechanisms to treatment (2017) Effects of local and spinal administrations of mu-opioids on postoperative pain in aged vs adult mice (2017) News release announcing the 2017 Global Year Against Pain After Surgery FAQs on the Global Year Fact Sheets on Pain After Surgery Below are 14 Fact Sheets prepared by the world's top experts on various aspects of postsurgical pain. IASP thanks the scientists and clinicians who wrote and reviewed the Fact Sheets and members of the SIG on Acute Pain for their valuable contributions. The documents, edited by task force chairs Daniel B. Carr and Bart Morlion, are free to download. What the Public Should Know About Pain After Surgery What Health-Care Professionals Should Know About Pain After Surgery Pathophysiology of Acute Postoperative Pain Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Definition and Impact Management of Postsurgical Pain in Adults: Pharmacotherapy and Regional Anesthesia Behavioral Techniques including Hypnosis for Pain After Surgery Management of Postsurgical Pain in Children Management of Postsurgical Pain in Older Adults Management of Postsurgical Pain in Patients Treated Preoperatively with Opioids Management of Pain Related to Surgery and Procedures in Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer Pain Management in Critical Care Acupuncture for Acute Pain and Nausea After Surgery Management of Patients First Presenting with Chronic Pain After Surgery Using Outcomes to Improve Care: Real-Time, Short-Term, and Long-Term How to Participate Use this checklist to help you sponsor a meeting, symposium, or other event Tell us about every upcoming Global Year activity you plan to conduct View Global Year events around the world Follow Global Year activities on Facebook and Twitter Distribute this news release and FAQs to news outlets in your country Include the Global Year logo on your website, event flyers, announcements and other materials Add the Global Year auto-signature to email messages you send Join IASP! Translated Fact Sheets Check back here for Fact Sheets translated into various languages. We will post them as they become available. Please let us know if you would like to translate the Fact Sheets. Arabic French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Mandarin Polish Portuguese Spanish Thai Global Year Task Force Daniel B. Carr (USA), MD, DABPM, FFPMANZCA (Hon), Chair of IASP Special Interest Group on Acute Pain, Co-ChairBart Morlion (Belgium), MD, PhD, DESA, President-elect, European Pain Federation, EFIC, Co-ChairRobert I. Cohen (USA) , MDPatricia Lavand'homme (Belgium), MD, PhDWinfried Meissner (Germany), MDEsther Pogatzky-Zahn (Germany), Prof. Dr.medStephan Schug (Australia), MD, FANZCA, FFPMANZCAAudun Stubhaug (Norway), MD, PhDChris Wells (UK), MB, ChB, LRCP, MRCS, LMCC, FRCA, FIPP
