ReviewPain and therapy2025
Complementary Approaches to Postoperative Pain Management: A Review of Non-pharmacological Interventions.
Review in Pain and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality and Cryotherapy on Postoperative Pain and Anxiety Among Women Undergoing Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia: A Three-Arm Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Virtual Reality Headset Use on Pain, Comfort, and Psychosocial Symptoms in Children Undergoing Hypospadias Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of acupuncture on mild cognitive impairment via the microbiota-gut-brain axis: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of virtual reality on pain relief in ICU patients: meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of pain-relief nursing on activities of daily living in patients following hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Long-term home-based physical exercise, pain, and use of pain medication over a year after hip fracture - A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Optimizing Nurse-Involved Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Postoperative Pain: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Review
- Opioid-sparing and opioid-free anaesthesia: concepts, rationale, evidence, and practical implications.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2026Review
- Fine-Tuning, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and Hybrid Large Language Models for Postoperative Decision Support: Comparative Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Development and Evaluation of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effective Strategies to Reduce Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery: An Umbrella Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Optimizing Recovery After Thoracotomy: Evidence-Based Non-Opioid and Multimodal Analgesia - A Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Challenges and strategies for delivering effective breast cancer care in conflict zones.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Cross-Reactivity and Cross-Intolerance Among Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs): Clinical Patterns, COX-1-Mediated Mechanisms, and Implications for COX-2 Inhibitors and Paracetamol.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Beyond the operating room: Holistic support for frail surgical patients.Journal of clinical anesthesia · 2026Article
- Analysis the effectiveness nursing interventions for contrast-induced adverse reactions in postoperative general surgery patients undergoing contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2026Article
- Study of Respiratory and Hemodynamic Variables in Patients Receiving either Volume Control Ventilation or Pressure Control Ventilation during Laparoscopic Surgeries.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2026Article
- Prevention and Treatment of Postsurgical Pain: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Interventions Across the Surgical Continuum.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- Postoperative Pain Management Strategies Without Regional Analgesia in Knee Surgeries: A Scoping Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparative efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions on emergency delirium in postoperative children: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Carbamazepine improves perioperative outcomes in patients with tentorial meningiomas.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Explainable artificial intelligence for postoperative analgesia risk stratification and clinical decision support in abdominal surgery.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Postoperative pain significantly affects many surgical patients. While opioids are crucial for pain management, they come with unwanted side effects. Alternatives like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists, and regional anesthesia techniques such as nerve blocks are utilized, but these also have limitations. This underscores the need for complementary non-pharmacological interventions to enhance postoperative pain control and reduce opioid dependence. This study aimed to synthesize evidence on the efficacy of nondrug approaches for managing postoperative pain. The study examined the effects of non-pharmacological interventions such as preoperative patient education, mind-body modalities, and physical therapies. Findings suggest that these approaches can reduce pain intensity, decrease opioid consumption, and enhance recovery outcomes. The study also highlighted the pivotal role of healthcare professionals in implementing these strategies. However, it identified workload constraints and insufficient training as barriers to effective utilization in clinical practice. Integrating non-pharmacological interventions into multimodal pain management regimens can improve postoperative pain control and reduce reliance on opioids. Further research is crucial to definitively establish the efficacy of individual interventions and optimize their combined use in clinical practice. Additionally, enhanced training programs for nurses and initiatives to facilitate the implementation of these strategies are necessary for their successful adoption.
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