"Pain, Postoperative" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Pain during the period after surgery.
| Descriptor ID |
D010149
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.767.700 C23.888.592.612.832
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pain, Postoperative".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pain, Postoperative".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pain, Postoperative" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pain, Postoperative" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2022 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain, Postoperative" by people in Profiles.
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The Association of Preoperative Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen With Total Opioid Requirement, and Pain Experience in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025 Sep; 69(8):e70106.
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Evaluating respiratory depression after methadone administration in surgical patients: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2025 May 30; 15(5):e099463.
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Impact of Nonhepatectomy Opioid Reduction Efforts on Posthepatectomy Opioid Prescription: Analysis of 2,005 Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Apr 01; 240(4):474-487.
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Managing Donor Site Pain After Alveolar Bone Grafting: A Comparative Analysis of Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel), Bupivacaine-Soaked Gelfoam, and ON-Q Ropivacaine. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 36(4):1291-1296.
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National practice patterns for the use of regional anesthesia for pediatric cardiac surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons congenital heart surgery database. J Clin Anesth. 2025 Mar; 102:111774.
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Patient and clinical characteristics associated with pain during cesarean delivery: a prospective single-center patient-reported outcome study. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2025 Feb; 61:104324.
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Procedure time-of-day effects on postoperative opioid requirements in children. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025 Jan; 69(1):e14551.
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Impact of automated alerts on discharge opioid overprescribing after general surgery. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Dec 05; 81(24):1288-1296.
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Assessing the relative efficacy of components of opioid-free anaesthesia in adult surgical patients: protocol for a systematic review and component network meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2024 Oct 29; 14(10):e089024.
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Incidence and influential factors of postoperative pruritus in morphine-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia. J Chin Med Assoc. 2025 Feb 01; 88(2):178-187.