Postoperative delirium (POD) and longer term postoperative neurocognitve disorders (NCD) are the most common surgical complications in geriatric patients, with POCD affec [...]

OHSU is one of the highest volume centers for gender-affirming surgery in the country. Our institution is therefore in a position to study the outcomes of these procedure [...]

Pain in the post-operative patient serves no purpose ordinarily. Pain present in postoperative patients limits movement hinders necessary coughing and deep breathing exer [...]

The use of multimodal analgesia is preferred over single-agent analgesia for postoperative pain management due to synergistic modulations of pain pathways. The two most c [...]

This study focused on a diverse sample of Emerging Adults (EAs) in order to identify unique risk and protective factors associated with post-surgical outcomes, specifical [...]

Opioids are commonly prescribed for pain management in patients undergoing Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion (PSIF) surgeries. Opioids often lead to complicatio [...]

While historically, opioids have been used broadly to manage severe acute postoperative pain, recent studies have shown that patients are frequently prescribed opioids ei [...]

Surgical site infections (SSI) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in postoperative patients, occurring in approximately 1-3% of all inpatient surgical pro [...]

Careful selection and optimization of esophageal cancer patients for esophagectomy is necessary and has been shown to improve outcomes. Preoperative frailty measures, bot [...]