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Managing Pain After Surgery

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Print Code
QV85-0453
Language
English
Creator
Acute Pain Service, QEII

This pamphlet explains why you may have pain after surgery, why it is important to control your pain, what your health care team will do to help control your pain, what you can do to keep it under control, kinds of pain medication you will get in the hospital, side effects of pain medications, and more. 

This pamphlet is also available in French: FF85-1339
Gestion de la douleur après une opération

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