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Individualised anaesthesia and analgesia in surgery: conceptual framework for improving postoperative pain

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Surgery is often viewed as a lifesaving intervention, yet recovery depends just as much on what follows. The concept of individualised anaesthesia and analgesia in surgery challenges the traditional one-size-fits-all model by tailoring care to each patient's physiological and psychological profile, with the potential to improve outcomes, reduce complications, and enhance the patient experience. Making individualised anaesthesia and analgesia in surgery a clinical reality will require robust, multifaceted trials, as its implementation is both a clinical and ethical imperative. Such research must examine predictive risk, drug-based treatments, psychobiological influences on perioperative experience, real-time nociception monitoring, and alignment between patient and clinician values, and it should span the complete perioperative period.

Source: British Journal of Anaesthesia

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.04.039

Authors: Krister Mogianos, Anna K.M. Persson

Institutions: Lund University, Hallands sjukhus Halmstad

Language: English

Topic: Anesthesia and Pain Management

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,450