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09.08.2023 | Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)
The Emerging Role of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in Postoperative Analgesia
Erschienen in: Current Pain and Headache Reports | Ausgabe 10/2023
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Purpose of Review
Though peripheral nerve stimulation has long been utilized in the field of chronic pain management, its use in acute pain management in the postoperative period is relatively novel and warrants further consideration.
Recent Findings
In the postsurgical period, peripheral nerve stimulation may offer an additional low-risk, opioid-sparing analgesic option, which is particularly pertinent in the setting of the ongoing opioid epidemic, as inadequate postsurgical analgesia has been shown to increase the risk of developing persistent or chronic postsurgical pain.
Summary
In this review, we discuss the current literature that illustrate the emerging role of peripheral nerve stimulation as an effective treatment modality in the postoperative period for the management of acute pain, as various studies have recently been conducted evaluating the feasibility of utilizing percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation as an adjunct in postsurgical analgesia. Nonetheless, future studies are necessary to continue to elucidate the short- and long-term impacts of peripheral nerve stimulation use in acute postsurgical analgesia.