Post-Operative Pain Management (POPM) Campaign: Experts’ interviews
As the platform organisation linking Europe’s national orthopaedic associations, the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) partners with Grünenthal to raise further awareness of the unmet needs in Postoperative pain management (POPM) and to develop solutions that improve POPM across Europe.
For this POPM campaign, we involve pain experts from across Europe in interviews, debates and other discussions to generate a better understanding of physicians’ and patients’ perspectives. The goal of this series is to communicate best practices and increase discussion on POPM in general. It was initially published in Orthopaedics Today Europe, the official newspaper of EFORT.
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Mike Reed, MD, FRCS, clinical director at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom and chief investigator for clinical trials on clinical outcomes and infection prevention at the Universities of York and Oxford, United Kingdom. - Pain management treatment gap after discharge
Prof. Bart Morlion, MD, PhD, is president of the European Pain Federation EFIC. Although trained as an anesthesiologist, for the past 2 decades he has focused 100% in pain medicine. - Overview of opioids in postoperative pain management
Prof. Winfried Meissner is the head of the pain unit in the department of anesthesiology and intensive care at Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany. - Better understanding for better outcomes in prevention of post-surgical chronification of pain
Prof. Enric Càceres is the chair of orthopaedics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the head of the spine unit at Institut Universitari Dexeus and part of the spine research unit at Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, both in Barcelona.
- Role of postoperative pain management programmes in restoration of function, mobilisation
Prof. Dr. Christian Simanski, chief of the department of orthopaedic trauma, hand and foot surgery at St. Martinus Hospital in Langenfeld, Germany.
- Preventive analgesia as part of a wholistic approach to pain management
Dr. Luis Javier Roca Ruiz of the department of orthopaedics and traumatology at Virgen Macarena University Hospital in Seville, Spain.
- Treatment approaches for chronic pain in patients with visible brain changes
Prof. Enric Cáceres is the chair of orthopaedics at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. - A paradigm shift in pain measurement from pain intensity to mobility measurement for better pain outcomes
Prof. Winfried Meissner is the Head of the Pain Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany - Reduce length of stay through pain management: Advantages of patient information and early mobilisation
Ass. Prof. Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at South Danish University and the head of the section for hip and knee replacement working at Vejle Hospital, Denmark - Recent innovations and new technologies in pain management – Building a competitive advantage for hospitals
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, is the chairman of Clínica do Dragão at the Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre, a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence at the FC Porto Stadium.
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