Protocols for treating the postoperative pain of fractures in Dutch hospitals

Rikkert Ossendorp,1 Tymour Forouzanfar,2 Claire E Ashton-James,2,3 Frank Bloemers11Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VU University Medical Center, 3Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIntroduction: Every year, over 260,000 patients in the Netherlands are diagnosed with a traumatic fracture. Many patients are treated surgically and need postoperative treatment of pain. Research suggests postoperative pain is often under-treated, leaving a significant proportion of patients... Mehr ...