What to do about pain after pancreatic cancer surgery

For the pain after pancreatic cancer surgery, there are two kinds of cases: 1. After the surgery for pancreatic cancer, the patient appears to have pain mainly in the incision area, and at the same time combines with the pain in other parts of the body, this kind of pain is acute pain, and the acute pain can be relieved by analgesic drugs. First of all, you can use non-opioid drugs, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics to relieve pain. If pain relief is not sufficient, strong opioid analgesics can also be used in combination to relieve pain. Patients can also use postoperative analgesic pumps, including postoperative nerve block to relieve acute pain after pancreatic cancer surgery; 2. After pancreatic cancer surgery, pain caused by recurrence of pancreatic cancer or distant metastasis of pancreatic cancer occurs in a long time, which is known as advanced cancer pain. For this kind of pain, doctors can gradually control the pain according to the three-step medication for cancer pain, and at the same time, minimally invasive interventional therapy can also be used, including visceral nerve block and destruction, and intracavitary analgesic pumps can also be used to solve the cancer pain caused by advanced pancreatic cancer.