Subcutaneous (SC) injections can be associated with local pain and discomfort that is
subjective and may affect treatment adherence and overall patient experience. With …

An estimated 10%–50% of patients undergoing a surgical intervention will develop
persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) lasting more than 3 months despite adequate acute pain …

Modified-release opioid tablets were introduced into surgical practice in the belief that they
provided superior pain relief and reduced nursing workload, and they rapidly became …

Purpose Systematic reviews evaluating and comparing the measurement properties of
outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) play an important role in OMI selection. Earlier …

Background Postoperative patient-centred outcome measures are essential to capture the
patient's experience after surgery. Although a large number of pharmacologic opioid …

Background National guidelines for rational opioid prescribing for acute postoperative pain
are needed to optimise postoperative pain control and function whilst minimising opioid …

Background Recently, open pose estimation using artificial intelligence (AI) has enabled the
analysis of time series of human movements through digital video inputs. Analyzing a …

There is growing awareness about the use of combined strength-and skill-based swallowing
training for improving swallowing physiology in the event of dysphagia. Such an approach …

In addition, those patients taking modified-release opioids in the 6 months preceding
surgery had an odds ratio of 3.5 for developing persistent postoperative opioid use; …

Background Nearly half of adult patients undergoing surgery experience moderate or severe
postoperative pain. Inadequate pain management hampers postoperative recovery and …