Advanced Postoperative Pain Management

Phone (318) 254-2589

Post-Cesarean Pain

We offer the most advanced pain management available after cesarean delivery so that you can focus on bonding with your newborn.

  • Treating postoperative pain with multiple medications that work in different ways, including:

  • Wound infiltration with long acting local anesthetic

    • Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, suzetrigine and opioids if needed

  • Early catheter removal

Results

  • With our protocol patients report 83 percent less pain

  • With our protocol patients use 73 percent less opioids

  • 53 percent of patients do not take any opioids within the first 24 hours compared to 10 percent

Post-Gynecologic Surgery Pain

We offer the most advanced pain management available after gynecologic surgery so that you can focus on healing.

  • Premedication to be taken before surgery even starts

  • Treating postoperative pain with multiple medications that work in different ways, including:

    • wound infiltration with long acting local anesthetic

    • Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, suzetrigine and opioids if needed

  • Early catheter removal

Results

  • With our protocol patients report 52 percent less pain

  • With our protocol patients use 53 percent less opioids

  • 57 percent of patients do not take any opioids within the first 6 hours compared to 9 percent

Peer - Reviewed Publications

  • Holder B, White K. Reducing Postoperative Opioids After Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy with Suzetrigine at a Rural Louisiana Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Project. Under Review.

  • Holder B, White K. Reducing Postoperative Opioids After Cesarean Delivery with Suzetrigine at a Rural Louisiana Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Project. Under Review.

  • White K, Azadi S, Bou Zgheib N, Mitchell B.  Reducing narcotics after cesarean delivery with enhanced recovery.  West Virginia Medical Journal: 2019; 3rd quarter

  • White K, Azadi S, Bou Zgheib N, Mitchell B.  Reducing postoperative opioids after minimally invasive hysterectomy with enhanced recovery.  Marshall Journal of Medicine: 2019: Vol. 5; Iss. 1.  Aritcle 8. https://mds.marshall.edu/mjm/vol5/iss1/8/

  • White KD. Azadi S,  Bou Zgheib N, Mitchell B. Improving Postoperative Pain Control After Cesarean Delivery with Enhanced Recovery in Patients on Buprenorphine Therapy. Marshall Journal of Medicine: 2018; Vol. 4: Iss. 3, Article 5. http://mds.marshall.edu/mjm/vol4/iss3/5

  • White KD, Wallace WC, Bou Zgheib N.  Reducing postoperative opioids after minimally invasive

    gynecologic surgery with multimodal pain control.  Marshall Journal of Medicine. 2017; Vol 3:Iss.4,Article 11.  http://mds.marshall.edu/mjm/vol3/iss4/11

  • Bottiggi A, White K, Bernard A, Davenport D. The impact of Device-Associated Infections on trauma  patient outcomes at a major trauma center.  Journal of Surgical Infections. 2015; 16(3):276-80.