Chronic postsurgical pain and persistent opioid use following surgery: the need for a transitional pain service

In this article, the authors share research collected over 3 months at the Toronto General Hospital (ON, Canada). This research, from Pain Management, is free to access exclusively for The Evidence Base® members. 6000 surgeries are performed per year at the Toronto General Hospital (ON, Canada), of which 4000 are major surgical operations. Using a conservative estimate of a 5% incidence of moderate to severe pain and an annual estimate based on data from the province of Ontario, Canada of CAD$5000 in direct heath-related costs, results in a CAD$1.0—2.6 million cost to the healthcare system.Most of the literature in this...