Publications

2019

• Joshi GP, Van de Velde M, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group Collaborators. Development of evidence-based recommendations for procedure-specific pain management: PROSPECT methodology. Anaesthesia. 2019;74(10):1298–1304. doi: 10.1111/anae.14776.

2018

• Lee B, Schug SA, Joshi GP, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group. Procedure-Specific Pain Management (PROSPECT) – An update. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2018 Jun;32(2):101-111. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2018.06.012
• Beloeil H, Bonnet F; Prospect working group. From universal postoperative pain recommendations to procedure-specific pain management. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2018 Aug;37(4):305-306. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2017.05.003

2017

• Joshi GP, Kehlet H; PROSPECT Working Group. Guidelines for perioperative pain management: need for re-evaluation. Br J Anaesth. 2017 Oct 1;119(4):703-706. doi: 10.1093/bja/aex304

2014

• Joshi GP, Fischer HB, Bonnet F; PROSPECT Working Group. A comparison of the clinical and experimental characteristics of four acute surgical pain models: dental extraction, bunionectomy, joint replacement, and soft tissue surgery (letter) Pain. 2014 Aug;155(8):1673-4. DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2014.03.015
• Joshi GP, Schug SA, Kehlet H. Procedure-specific pain management and outcome strategies. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2014 Jun;28(2):191-201. DOI 10.1016/j.bpa.2014.03.005

2013

• Joshi GP, Kehlet H. Procedure-specific pain management: the road to improve postsurgical pain management? Anesthesiology. 2013 Apr;118(4):780-2. DOI 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31828866e1
• Joshi GP; PROSPECT Working Group, Schug SA, Bonnet F, Fischer HB, Neugebauer EA, Rawal N, Simanski CJ, Kehlet H. Postoperative pain management: number-needed-to-treat approach versus procedure-specific pain management approach. Pain. 2013 Jan;154(1):178-9. DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2012.10.006

2007

• Schug SA, Kehlet H, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer B, Joshi G, Neugebauer EAM, Rawal N, Simanski C. Editorial: Procedure specific pain management after surgery—“PROSPECT”. Acute Pain. 2007;9(2):55–57. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpain.2007.03.003
• Kehlet H, Wilkinson R, Fischer HBJ, Camu F, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. PROSPECT: Evidence-based, procedure-specific postoperative pain management. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology. 2007 Mar;21(1):149–159. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17489225
• Joshi GP, Kehlet H, Rawal N; PROSPECT Working Group. Evidence-based guidelines for postoperative pain management. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;32(2):173. DOI 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.11.002
• Simanski C, Kehlet H, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer B, Joshi J, Neugebauer EAM, Rawal N, Schug SA. Prozedurenspezifische Akutschmerztherapie. Minimal Invasive Chirurgie. 2007;16(1):123–129.
• Neugebauer E, Wilkinson R, Kehlet H, Schug S, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. PROSPECT: a practical method for formulating evidence-based expert recommendations for the management of postoperative pain. Surgical Endoscopy. 2007 Jul;21(7):1047–1053. DOI 10.1007/s00464-006-9186-4
• Neugebauer E, Wilkinson R, Kehlet H, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Transferable Evidence in Support of Reaching a Consensus. German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Healthcare Special issue: ‘Guidelines and Consensus’ . Z.ärztl.Fortbild.Qual.Gesundh. 2007;101:103–107. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17458355
• Pasero C. Procedure-Specific Pain Management: PROSPECT. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007 Oct;22(5):335-40. DOI 10.1016/j.jopan.2007.07.007

2005

• Gray A, Kehlet H, Bonnet F, Rawal N. Predicting postoperative analgesic outcomes: NNT league tables or procedure-specific evidence? Br J Anaesth. 2005 Jun;94(6):710–714. DOI 10.1093/bja/aei144
• Kehlet, H. Procedure-specific postoperative pain management. Anesthesiol Clin North America. 2005 Mar;23(1):203–210. DOI 10.1016/j.atc.2004.11.001

2006

• Schug et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working group. PROcedure SPECific postoperative pain managemenT (PROSPECT) recommendations: a rigorous methodology to minimise bias. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2006; 23 (Supplement 37); 6. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2003

• Kehlet H et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. PROSPECT – Procedure-specific clinical decision support for postoperative pain management. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2003; 20 (Supplement 30); 6. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2021:

• PROSPECT guidelines for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. Sarah Feray, Jelle Lubach, Girish P. Joshi, Francis Bonnet, Marc Van de Velde on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA).
  Anaesthesia 2021; First published: 05 November 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15609.
• Accompanying editorial: Regional anaesthesia for thoracic surgery: what is the PROSPECT that fascial plane blocks are the answer? B. G. Shelley, K. J. Anderson, A. J. R. Macfarlane. Anaesthesia 2021; Nov 9. doi: 10.1111/anae.15612. Online ahead of print

2021:

• PROSPECT guideline for total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. M. Anger, T. Valovska, H. Beloeil, P. Lirk, G. P. Joshi, M. Van de Velde, J. Raeder, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy.
  Anaesthesia 2021 May 20. doi: 10.1111/anae.15498. Online ahead of print.

2005:

• A procedure-specific systematic review and consensus recommendations for analgesia after total hip replacement. Fischer B, Simanski C on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group.
  Anaesthesia. 2005 Dec;60:1189–1202. DOI 1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04382.x

2005

• Fischer et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Regional analgesia in total hip arthroplasty: evidence and recommendations. 7th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), Lisbon, Portugal, 4–6 June, 2005. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]
• Simanski et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Operative techniques and peri-operative procedures influencing postoperative pain following total hip arthroplasty. 7th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), Lisbon, Portugal, 4–6 June, 2005. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2004

• Fischer B et al. Procedure-specific practice for managing pain following primary total hip arthroplasty: recommendations on peripheral nerve blocks and neuraxial analgesia from the PROSPECT working group. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2004; 21 (Supplement 32); 191. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]
• Simanski C et al. Procedure-specific practice for managing pain following primary total hip arthroplasty: recommendations on systemic analgesia from the PROSPECT working group. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2004; 21 (Supplement 32), 191. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2021

• Pain management after open inguinal hernia repair: an updated systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT/ESRA) recommendations. Coppens, J. Gidts, P. Huynen, M. Van de Velde, G. P. Joshi, on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group collaboration.
  Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica 2020;71:45-56.

2012

• Evidence-based management of postoperative pain in adults undergoing open inguinal hernia surgery. Joshi GP, Rawal N, Kehlet H; PROSPECT collaboration, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer HB, Neugebauer EA, Schug SA, Simanski CJ.
  Br J Surg 2012 Feb; 99 (2): 168-85. DOI 1002/bjs.7660

2005

• Rawal et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Systematic review of nerve block and incisional local anaesthetics for analgesia in herniorraphy. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2005; 22 (Supplement 34); 112. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]
• Kehlet et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Can local techniques for anaesthesia improve patient outcomes following hernia repair? European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2005; 22 (Supplement 34); 112. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]
• Kehlet et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Pain following hernia repair: Which regional analgesic techniques? 11th World Congress on Pain (WCP), Sydney, 21–26 August, 2005. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2019

• Pain management after laparoscopic hysterectomy: systematic review of literature and PROSPECT recommendations. Lirk P, Thiry J, Bonnet M, et al.
  Reg Anesth Pain Med 2019;44(4):425–436. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100024

2004

• Fischer B & Camu F on behalf of the PROSPECT working group. Comparative benefits of epidural analgesia following hysterectomy and colonic resection. Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 2004; 29 (5) Supplement 2; 96. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2018

• Evidence-based management of pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a PROSPECT review update. Barazanchi AWH, MacFater WS, Rahiri JL, Tutone S, Hill AG, Joshi GP; PROSPECT collaboration.
  Br J Anaesth. 2018 Oct;121(4):787-803. doi: 1016/j.bja.2018.06.023

2008

• Is smaller necessarily better? A systematic review comparing the effects of minilaparoscopic and conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy on patient outcomes. McCloy R, Randall D, Schug SA, Kehlet H, Simanski S, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer HB, Joshi G, Rawal N, Neugebauer EAM.
  Surgical Endoscopy. 2008 Dec; 22(12): 2541-53. DOI 1007/s00464-008-0055-1

2005

• A procedure-specific systematic review and consensus recommendations for postoperative analgesia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Kehlet H, Gray A, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer BJ, McCloy RF, Neugebauer EAM, Puig MM, Rawal N, Simanski CJP.
  Surg Endosc. 2005 Oct;19(10):1396–1415. DOI 1007/s00464-004-2173-8

2005

• Neugebauer et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Surgical techniques in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: effect on postoperative pain. 13th International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), Venice, Italy, 1–4 June, 2005. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2004

• Rawal N & McCloy RF on behalf of the PROSPECT working group. Incisional and intraperitoneal local anaesthetics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy and abdominal hysterectomy: a systematic review. Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 2004; 29 (5) Supplement 2; 95. Abstract [PDF} Poster [PDF]

2003

• Bonnet F et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Systematic review of the efficacy and safety of peri-operative analgesic techniques in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2003; 20 (Supplement 30); 179. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]
• McCloy R, et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. Systematic review of the impact of operative techniques on postoperative pain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2003; 20 (Supplement 30); 177. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2008

• A systematic review of randomized trials evaluating regional techniques for post-thoracotomy analgesia. Joshi GP, Bonnet F, Shah R, Wilkinson RC, Camu F, Fischer B, Neugebauer EAM, Rawal N, Schug SA, Simanski C, Kehlet H.
  Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2008; 107: 1026-1040. DOI 1213/01.ane.0000333274.63501.ff

2006

• Bonnet et al on behalf of the PROSPECT Working group. Are paravertebral block and thoracic epidural analgesia comparable for post-thoractotomy pain relief? A systematic review. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2006; 23 (Supplement 37); 117. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]

2013

• Evidence-based postoperative pain management after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Joshi GP, Bonnet F, Kehlet H, PROSPECT collaboration.
  Colorectal Dis. 2013 Feb; 15(2):146-55. DOI 1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03062.x

2004

• Fischer B & Camu F on behalf of the PROSPECT working group. Comparative benefits of epidural analgesia following hysterectomy and colonic resection. Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine 2004; 29 (5) Supplement 2; 96. Abstract [PDF] Poster [PDF]