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Postoperative pain relief

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In any surgical field the aim of postoperative pain relief is to provide subjective comfort and to prevent the autonomic and somatic reflexes that occur in response to nociceptive stimuli.1 In obstetrics good analgesia is of prime importance as postoperative comfort and mobility play essential roles in the ability of a mother to care for her newborn child. This chapter reviews the advances in postoperative obstetric pain control made over the last 10-15 years.

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    Felicity Reynolds MBBS, MD, FRCA, FRCOG ad eundem

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Morrison, J.D., McGrady, E.M. (2000). Postoperative pain relief. In: Reynolds, F. (eds) Regional Analgesia in Obstetrics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0435-3_23

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