Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Acute postoperative pain management using massage as an adjuvant therapy: a randomized trial.
Adjuvant massage therapy improves pain management and postoperative anxiety among many patients who experience unrelieved postoperative pain. Pharmacologic interventions alone may not address all of the factors involved in the experience of pain. ⋯ Massage is an effective and safe adjuvant therapy for the relief of acute postoperative pain in patients undergoing major operations.