Perioperative Pain Control: Practical Tools for Surgeons -- The Surgeon's Role in the Opioid Epidemic -- Pain Prescription Legislation: What You Need to Know as the Surgeon -- Opioid Prescribing Education in Surgical Training (Follow COP) -- Pre-operative Optimization -- Non-Opioid Adjuncts and Alternatives -- Post-Operative Analgesia for the Chronic Pain Patient -- Non-Enteral Pain Management -- Perioperative Annalgesia in General Abdominal, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery -- Perioperative Analgesia for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery -- Evidence-Based Perioperative Analgesia for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery -- Perioperative Analgesia in Cranial and Skull Base Surgery -- Perioperative Analgesia for Orthopedic and Spine Surgery -- Evidence-Based Perioperative Analgesia for Urologic Surgery -- Obstetrics and Gynecology -- Perioperative Analgesia and Pain Management in Pediatric Patients -- Approaches to Perioperative Pain Management in the Plastic Surgical Patient. .

This comprehensive text is an easy-to-access reference that provides a foundation for understanding contemporary evidence-based practices relating to pain management in the perioperative setting. Chapters review the exponential increase in prescription drug abuse associated with the "opioid epidemic"; surgeons' important role in managing perioperative and chronic pain in a variety of practice settings; the role of quality improvement in patient safety initiatives; inadequate opioid prescribing education (OPE) in surgical training programs; and literature demonstrating the existence of evidence-based alternatives to opioids. Written and edited by experts in the field of anesthesiology and pain medicine, Perioperative Pain Control: Tools for Surgeons is a practical resource for surgical trainees and surgeons of all specialties including general surgery, thoracic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, urology, gynecology, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, and orthopedic surgery.