Shoulder tip pain

Shoulder tip pain

Patients should be warned about this preoperatively and informed that the pain is referred from the diaphragm and that it is not due to a local problem in the shoulders. It can be at its worst 24 hours after the operation. It usually settles within 2–3 days and is relieved by simple analgesics, such as paracetamol. Shoulder tip pain

Patients should be warned about this preoperatively and informed that the pain is referred from the diaphragm and that it is not due to a local problem in the shoulders. It can be at its worst 24 hours after the operation. It usually settles within 2–3 days and is relieved by simple analgesics, such as paracetamol. Shoulder tip pain

Patients should be warned about this preoperatively and informed that the pain is referred from the diaphragm and that it is not due to a local problem in the shoulders. It can be at its worst 24 hours after the operation. It usually settles within 2–3 days and is relieved by simple analgesics, such as paracetamol.