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Patricia Lavand'homme - Research clinician (IONS/CEMO)

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Anaesthesiologist and pain specialist at the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc. Head of the Transitional Pain Clinic. Her team studies acute postoperative pain mechanisms and management as well as the prevention of persistent pain after surgery. Member of various scientific societies, past-Chairperson of the Acute and Chronic Pain Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anesthesiology. Involved in the IASP Task Force mandated by the WHO to develop a new pragmatic classification of chronic pain (including chronic post-surgical and post-traumatic pain) to be included in the revised version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD11). Currently collaborates to several international studies supported by European grants.

Publications

2025

Chronic postsurgical pain and transitional pain services: a narrative review highlighting European perspectives

Reg Anesth Pain Med

Moka E, Aguirre JA, Sauter AR, Lavand'homme P; European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA)

50(2):205-212.

2024

Preoperative susceptibility to developing secondary hyperalgesia is associated with post‐thoracotomy pain at 2 months

Eur J Pain

Gousset S, Cappe M, Lenoir C, Steyaert A, Lavand'homme P, Mouraux A, Lacroix V, van den Broeke EN

29(1):e4768

2024

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A critical approach to research on perioperative pain management

Br J Anaesth

Joshi GP, Beloeil H, Lobo DN, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Sauter AR, Van de Velde M, Wu CL, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy

134(3):621-626.

2024

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Mortality, perioperative complications and surgical timelines in hip fracture patients: Comparison of the Spanish with the non-Spanish Cohort of the HIP ATTACK-1 trial

Injury

Guerra-Farfan E, Borges FK, Bhandari M, Garcia-Sanchez Y, Nuñez JH, Mestre-Torres J, Tomas-Hernandez J, Teixidor-Serra J, Balaguer-Castro M, Castillon P, Dealbert A, De Caso Rodriguez J, Aguado HJ, Guerado E, Popova E, Tonelli AC, Balasubramanian K, Vincent J, Harvey V, Kocaqi E, Slobogean G, Devereaux PJ; Hip Attack-1 Investigators.

55(11):111827.

2024

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Evolution and characteristics of nocturnal knee pain after knee arthroplasty

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg

Daxhelet J, Delfosse G, Lavand'homme P, Fennema P, Thienpont E.

144(11):4715-4723.

2024

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Acute pain management after vaginal delivery with perineal tears or episiotomy

Reg Anesth Pain Med

Luxey X, Lemoine A, Dewinter G, Joshi GP, Le Ray C, Raeder J, Van de Velde M, Bonnet MP; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy

rapm-2024-105478.

2024

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Unveiling the Uncertainties: Opioid-free Anesthesia and the Road Ahead

Anesthesiology

Ladha KS, Lavand'homme P

140(4):646-647.

2024

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Chronic postsurgical pain: A European survey

Eur J Anaesthesiol

Martinez V, Lehman T, Lavand'homme P, Harkouk H, Kalso E, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Komann M, Meissner W, Weinmann C, Fletcher D

41(5):351-362.

2024

Perioperative pain management for cleft palate surgery: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations

Reg Anesth Pain Med

Suleiman NN, Luedi MM, Joshi G, Dewinter G, Wu CL, Sauter AR; PROSPECT Working Group

rapm-2023-105024.

2024

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Responsiveness of multiple patient-reported outcome measures for acute postsurgical pain: primary results from the international multi-centre PROMPT NIT-1 study

Br J Anaesth

Vollert J, Segelcke D, Weinmann C, Schnabel K, Fuchtmann F, Rosenberger DC, Komann M, Maessen T, Sauer L, Kalso E, Fletcher D, Lavand'homme P, Kaiser U, Liedgens H, Meissner W, Pogatzki-Zahn EM

132(1):96-106.

2023

PROSPECT methodology for developing procedure-specific pain management recommendations: an update

Anaesthesia

Joshi GP, Albrecht E, Van de Velde M, Kehlet H, Lobo DN; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy

8(11):1386-1392.

2023

Pain management after cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: A systematic review with procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations

Eur J Anaesthesiol

Maeßen T, Korir N, Van de Velde M, Kennes J, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Joshi GP; PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy

40(10):758-768.

2023

Pain management after elective craniotomy: A systematic review with procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) recommendations

Eur J Anaesthesiol

Mestdagh FP, Lavand'homme PM, Pirard G, Joshi GP, Sauter AR, Van de Velde M, PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA)

40(10):747-757.

2023

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Benefits versus harm of intraoperative glucocorticoid for postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis

Br J Anaesth

Lavand'homme P, Kehlet H

131(1):8-10.

2023

Cancer Pain Management: A Narrative Review of Current Concepts, Strategies, and Techniques

Curr Oncol

Mestdagh F, Steyaert A, Lavand'homme P

30(7):6838-6858.

Institute of Neuroscience (IONS) - Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)

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