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MeSH Heading: Postoperative Pain
Tree Number(s): C23.550.767.700; C23.888.592.612.832; F02.830.816.444.775; G11.561.790.444.775
Unique ID: D010149
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010149
Scope Note: Pain during the period after surgery.
Entry Version: POSTOP PAIN
Entry Term(s): Acute Post-operative Pain; Acute Postoperative Pain; Chronic Post-operative Pain; Chronic Post-surgical Pain; Chronic Postoperative Pain; Chronic Postsurgical Pain; Pain, Postoperative; Persistent Postsurgical Pain; Post-operative Pain; Post-surgical Pain; Postsurgical Pain
NLM Classification #: WO 184
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74
Date Introduced: 1974/01/01
Last Updated: 2025/12/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0015751
Scope Note: Pain during the period after surgery.
Terms: Postoperative Pain Preferred Term
Term UI T030066
Date01/01/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Post-operative Pain
Term UI T000995039
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Post-surgical Pain
Term UI T000995053
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Postsurgical Pain
Term UI T000995052
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Pain, Postoperative
Term UI T001150085
Date12/01/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

Concept UI: M000676158
Terms: Chronic Postoperative Pain Preferred Term
Term UI T000995047
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Chronic Post-operative Pain
Term UI T000995048
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Chronic Post-surgical Pain
Term UI T000995051
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Chronic Postsurgical Pain
Term UI T000995049
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Persistent Postsurgical Pain
Term UI T000995050
Date10/25/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Postoperative Pain MeSH Descriptor Data 2026