Post-cesarean section analgesia.

Worldwide, the most performed surgical intervention is cesarean section. Hence, post-cesarean pain is a common problem with significant health and economic impact on the individual patient and society. Adequate treatment of post-cesarean pain is necessary to facilitate enhanced recovery, improve neonatal outcome by improving breastfeeding success and bonding between mother and child, and reduce pain-induced side effects. Therefore, optimal pain relief is important, but in the obstetric population, this is often complex due to the interplay of mother and neonate. To facilitate recovery and temper the side effects of potent analgesic drugs such as opioids, multimodal analgesia is currently advocated, and clear international guidelines and recommendations have recently been described. In the present overview, we will discuss the most recent guidelines and evaluate various analgesic interventions.

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Declaration of competing interest Ellen Veef has no conflicts of interest to declare. In the last three years, Marc Van de Velde has received honoraria from CSL Behring, Vifor Pharma, Aspen, MSD, Nordic Pharma, Heron Therapeutics, Werfen, and Aquettant. Marc Van de Velde is Editor-in-Chief of Best Research and Practice in Clinical Anaesthesiology, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Anaesthesiology, The European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, and the Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica.