Book excerpt: In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including cannabis and pain control after total hip and knee surgery; postoperative pain control following shoulder arthroplasty: rethinking the need for opioids; perioperative pain management for distal radius fractures; wide awake anesthesia for foot and ankle surgery; perioperative pain management for the spine; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on perioperative pain management, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.