Podiatric Problems and Management in Patients with Substance Abuse

Abstract

Postoperative pain is nol uncommon following foot and ankle surgery, particularly in cases of major reconstruction or trauma surgery. Perioperative pain control is crucial to the overall outcome of surgery and achieving patient satisfaction. Management of acute postsurgical pain becomes a more challenging task in patients wilh a history of substance abuse, particularly that of opioid dependence. This chapter aims to discuss postoperative pain in pediatric surgery, as well as the acute pain pathway and different therapeutic modalities of achieving pain control. Furthermore, we highlight the various clinical presentations made to the pediatric surgeon that may indicate substance abuse and the subsequent management of the pathology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)