Abstract: Objective  To investigate the current status of postoperative analgesia practices among patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures in China to provide evidence-based support for formulating a standardized postoperative analgesia consensus and optimizing pain management strategies in the field of neurosurgery. Methods  A questionnaire was designed with Wenjuanxing, covering 42 items in aspects including general information of participating medical institutions, current practices of neurosurgical postoperative analgesia, anesthesiologists' understanding and implementation of analgesic concepts, and the status of postoperative analgesic management. Distributed through the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists, the questionnaire data were exported for descriptive statistical analysis after collection. Results  A total of 116 medical institutions participated in this survey, with 178 valid questionnaires collected. Over 90% of respondents recognized the clinical necessity of postoperative analgesia for neurosurgical patients, while the actual implementation rate was only 53.9%. Although most hospitals adopted techniques such as local infiltration anesthesia, scalp nerve blocks, patient-controlled intravenous analgesia, and multimodal analgesia, their actual utilization rates remained low. Less than 50% of participating centers implemented preventive analgesia. Despite high awareness of chronic postoperative pain (96.9%), follow-up rates were relatively low. More than half of the institutions lacked acute pain service for neurosurgical analgesia management. Conclusion  Postoperative analgesia in clinical neurosurgical practice in China currently remains suboptimal, with inadequate management. There is an urgent need to enhance public education, facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration, and formulate standardized guidelines for clinical practice.

Key words: neurosurgery, postoperative pain, postoperative analgesia, analgesia management, current status of analgesia, current status survey