Helping Children Recover Safely from Surgical Pain
We provide expert care that helps your child stay comfortable and recover safely before, during and after surgery.
What is Perioperative Pain Management?
When your child needs surgery, pain control is a major concern. Families often worry about comfort, recovery time and the safety of medications.
Our perioperative pain management team at Cincinnati Children’s focuses on safe, effective pain relief for children of all ages. We care for more than 3,000 patients each year and treat pain after many types of surgery, including chest, abdominal, orthopaedic, craniofacial and heart procedures.
Our specialists combine advanced pain therapies with careful monitoring and a personalized plan for every child. The goal is simple: help your child heal with less pain and fewer side effects.
- Team-based care that brings together pain specialists, psychologists, rehabilitation experts and therapists to support recovery.
- Innovative treatments including epidurals, peripheral nerve blocks and advanced regional anesthesia techniques.
- Personalized care plans that combine several treatments to control pain while limiting opioid medications.
- Trusted expertise at a hospital ranked among the best children’s hospitals for more than 15 years by U.S. News & World Report.
Perioperative Pain Management Expertise
Nationally Recognized Pediatric Experts
Cincinnati Children’s is ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for more than 15 years. Families from across the U.S. trust our team for complex pediatric care.
Our perioperative pain specialists treat more than 3,000 patients each year. This experience helps us manage even complex surgical pain safely and effectively.
Advanced Regional Anesthesia Techniques
Our specialists use a wide range of advanced treatments to control surgical pain. These include epidurals, peripheral nerve blocks, infusions and patient-controlled analgesia.
We also offer highly specialized techniques, such as suprazygomatic maxillary nerve blocks for craniofacial surgery and erector spinae catheters for chest wall surgery. These approaches can reduce the need for opioid medications and improve comfort during recovery.
Team Approach for Whole-Child Care
Pain after surgery can affect many parts of a child’s health. Our team works closely with specialists in psychology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical therapy and occupational therapy.
This team-based care helps address physical comfort, emotional well-being and mobility during recovery. Together we create one clear plan for your child and family, and provide a pathway for transitional care should your child have ongoing pain therapy needs outside of the perioperative period.
