Review Article
Pain Management in Pediatric Surgery: New Horizons
Claudia Filisetti1,2,Manuela De Gregori3,4,5,Massimo Allegri4,6,7,Dario Bugada4,7,Lorenzo Cobianchi8*andGiovanna Riccipetitoni1 | |
1“V. Buzzi” Children Hospital, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Milan, Italy | |
2University of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy | |
3Pain Therapy Service, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy | |
4SIMPAR (Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research) group, Rome, Italy | |
5YAP (Young against Pain) group, Rome, Italy | |
6Departments of Anesthesia, ICU and Pain Therapy, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy | |
7Departments of Surgical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy | |
8Departments of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia. General Surgery Department, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy | |
Corresponding Author : | Lorenzo Cobianchi Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences University of Pavia. General Surgery Department IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy Tel: 339-4421128 E-mail: l.cobianchi@smatteo.pv.it |
Received March 01, 2016; Accepted March 17, 2016; Published March 21, 2016 | |
Citation: Filisetti C, Gregori MD, Allegri M, Bugada D, Cobianchi L, et al. (2016) Pain Management in Pediatric Surgery: New Horizons. J Pain Relief 5:240. doi:10.4172/2167-0846.1000240 | |
Copyright: © 2016 Filisetti C, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Abstract
The pain management in pediatric surgery is a very complex and relevant problem with many clinical implications. Pain in children requires special considerations due to physical and psychological immaturity. The enhancement in pain management results in a reduction of recovery time and complications. Few studies are available in the literature focused on postoperative pain and analgesia requirements in children following surgical procedures. In the present brief review we summarize the current strategies of pain management in pediatric surgery and we envision the new hypothetical horizons in this field.