Jessica Shields

Apr 4, 2024 | contemporaryobgyn.net | Jessica Shields |Katherine Smith |Stephanie Chang

Management of acute postoperative pain is essential for appropriate and compassionate postoperative care. Uncontrolled or even suboptimal control of postoperative pain can have numerous undesired consequences including negative patient experience, prolonged length of stay, and postoperative complications.1 Although the likelihood is low, poorly controlled postoperative pain may also give way to chronic pain, furthering the negative impact.

Feb 3, 2023 | jmig.org | Jessica Shields |Laura Kenyon |Anne Porter |UT San Antonio

To evaluate the benefit of ice packs as a supplement to standard pain management following laparoscopic hysterectomy. This IRB approved randomized control trial involved patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) for benign conditions. Subjects were randomized to receive standard enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pain management or standard ERAS plus ice packs.