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 Jul 11. doi: 10.1111/anae.14776. [Epub ahead of print]

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]

2012

• Joshi GP, Rawal N, Kehlet H; PROSPECT collaboration, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer HB, Neugebauer EA, Schug SA, Simanski CJ. Evidence-based management of postoperative pain in adults undergoing open inguinal hernia surgery. 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]

2018

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

2008

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

2005

• Kehlet H, Gray A, Bonnet F, Camu F, Fischer BJ, McCloy RF, Neugebauer EAM, Puig MM, Rawal N, Simanski CJP. A procedure-specific systematic review and consensus recommendations for postoperative analgesia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 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

• Joshi GP, Bonnet F, Shah R, Wilkinson RC, Camu F, Fischer B, Neugebauer EAM, Rawal N, Schug SA, Simanski C, Kehlet H. A systematic review of randomized trials evaluating regional techniques for post-thoracotomy analgesia. 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]

2005

• Fischer B, Simanski C on behalf of the PROSPECT Working Group. A procedure-specific systematic review and consensus recommendations for analgesia after total hip replacement. 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]

2013

• Joshi GP, Bonnet F, Kehlet H, PROSPECT collaboration. Evidence-based postoperative pain management after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. 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]