• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Oct 2024

    Review

    An update on the perioperative management of postcraniotomy pain.

    • Cassandra Dean, Ian McCullough, and Alex Papangelou.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
    • Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2024 Oct 1; 37 (5): 478485478-485.

    Purpose Of ReviewPain after craniotomy is often severe and undertreated. Providing adequate analgesia while avoiding medication adverse effects and physiological complications of pain remains a perioperative challenge.Recent FindingsMultimodal pain management includes regional anesthesia and analgesic adjuncts. Strategies aim to reduce or eliminate opioids and the associated side effects. Many individual pharmacologic interventions have been studied with beneficial effects on acute pain following craniotomy. Evidence has been accumulating in support of scalp blockade, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), dexmedetomidine, paracetamol, and gabapentinoids. The strongest evidence supports scalp block in reducing postcraniotomy pain and opioid requirements.SummaryImproving analgesia following craniotomy continues to be a challenge that should be managed with multimodal medications and regional techniques. Additional studies are needed to identify the most effective regimen, balancing efficacy and adverse drug effects.Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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