Postoperative pain management: a national prospective study including 3879 patients
Authors' conclusion
These results highlight a major change in postoperative pain management in France, with broad adoption of multimodal opioid-sparing strategies. Nonetheless, a minority of patients still experience severe pain, highlighting the need for personalized management.
Study context
- Population
- Adult patients undergoing elective surgery in French surgical centrespatients from 80 centres analysed
- Participants
- 3,879 patients
- Outcome
- Pain at rest and during mobilization
- Follow-up
- First three postoperative days
Methodological detailsconducted in randomly selected French surgical centres
- Conducted in randomly selected French surgical centres
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
first three postoperative days
Patients reporting severe pain
6%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
Postoperative rescue opioid use
- Did not need any rescue opioids postoperatively
- 66%
Multimodal analgesia
- Received multimodal analgesia
- 95%
Original publication
Postoperative pain management: a national prospective study including 3879 patients. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 6 November 2026. doi:10.
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