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Filter by:The United States constitutes <5% of the world's population but over 80% of the opioid supply and 99% of the hydrocodone supply. In 2014, there were 18,893 deaths from prescription drug overdose, and orthopaedic surgeons are the third highest prescribing physicians for opioids. Surgeons often prescribe opioids to minimize postoperative pain and to reduce the likelihood of readmission for pain. Available data suggests that orthopaedic surgeons are the most likely physicians to prescribe opioids to Medicare patients, whose opioid prescriptions are over 7 times more likely to come from an orthopaedic surgeon than another type of physician, but orthopaedic surgeons also had the highest readmission rate for post-operative pain. Many studies have investigated the utilization of opioids after surgery to assess surgeon's tendencies to overprescribe, demographics of those likely to overuse, and adverse events of opioid abusers. The primary purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether prescribing fewer opioid pills per prescription reduces the total amount of opioids taken, even while allowing equal total opioid availability via increased frequency of prescription availability.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone when added to epidural bupivacaine on the duration of postoperative analgesia in patients underwent total knee replacement surgery.
Effective pain relief after cardiac surgery has assumed importance with the introduction of fast track discharge protocols that requires early weaning from mechanical ventilation. Inadequate pain control reduces the capacity to cough, mobility, increases the frequency of atelectasis, and prolongs recovery. Infiltration of local anesthetics near the surgical wound has shown to improve early postoperative pain in various surgical procedures. Magnesium is the fourth most plentiful cation in our body. It has antinociceptive effects in animal and human models of pain.
Environmental factors such as noise and light have been cited as important causes of sleep deprivation in Intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Previous studies demonstrated a hyperalgesic alteration in pain perception following a controlled sleep deprivation protocol. Another studies indicated that using eye masks can improve REM sleep in healthy subjects in simulated ICU environment, and improve sleep quality in ICU patients. This study aimed to determine the effects of using eye masks on sleep and thus on pain quality in postoperative cardiac surgery patients in ICU.
The investigators designed a prospective randomized study to investigate the effect of fentanyl 12 mcg transdermal patch on postoperative pain following unilateral, single-level laminectomy/discectomy.
The aim of this prospective, randomised, controlled clinical trial was to compare immediate postoperative discomfort, emergence delirium and recovery time of the patients intubated using either laryngeal mask airway or nasotracheal intubation.
Primary Objective: • To describe postoperative static pain scores on the Pain Visual Analog Scale at Day 1 in a population of women undergoing bilateral mastectomy followed by immediate, bilateral pre-pectoral tissue expander breast reconstruction reinforced with AlloDerm® coverage. Secondary Objectives: - To describe postoperative static and dynamic pain scores on the Pain Visual Analog Scale and Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form at Day 1-60 after tissue expander placement - To describe nausea/vomiting, and opioid use at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after mastectomy and tissue expander placement. - To describe short-term changes in Quality of Life scores after mastectomy and tissue expander placement. - To describe postoperative complication rates at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after mastectomy and tissue expander placement. - To describe nausea/vomiting, and opioid use at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant. - To describe short-term changes in Quality of Life scores after final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant. - To describe postoperative complication rates at Day 1, 2, 3, 7, 30, and 60 after final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant. - To describe postoperative rates of breast animation deformity at Day 7, 30, and 60 after final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant. - To describe average hospital length of stay in patients after final reconstruction with tissue expander exchange for permanent implant. - To describe the patient's final assessment of pre-pectoral reconstruction from free-form text. Tertiary Objectives: • To measure cosmetic result and associated residual pain with Alloderm® reinforcement of breast pocket.
The purpose of this prospective research study is to determine the best way to manage post-operative pain after a total hip arthroplasty. Currently, there is no standard of care for managing post-operative pain in these patients. The quadratus lumborum block (QLB) first described by Blanco in 2007, is a promising technique in this indication: recently, there is a growing evidence for the use of the QLB as an alternative technique for pain management after hip surgery.
After total knee prosthesis surgery, in the first postopertive days, serious pain complaints occur in the patients and this causes many problems, especially mobility limitation. For this reason, a strong analgesic is needed. As a part of multimodal analgesia after total knee surgery, nerve blocks are frequently preferred. While central nerve blocks are preferred in the forefront, peripheral nerve blocks are frequently preferred due to complications related to central nerve blocks. Femoral nerve block and adductor channel block are the preferred peripheral blocks for total knee prosthesis. Since early mobilization after total hip prosthesis is very important, it is aimed to provide sufficient analgesia by making less motor block. Previous studies have shown that adductor channel block provides similar analgesia with femoral nerve block. Early mobilization, early discharge and the impact on the risk of falls are not yet clear, although it is estimated to be in the positive direction. Again, previous studies have compared single doses and infusion doses but no repeated bolus doses. Repeated bolus doses have been shown to be more effective in studies in which adductor channel catheters have been introduced to date to compare infusion and recurrent bolus doses. investigators aimed to compare the effects of repeated bolus doses with femoral nerve catheter and adductor channel catheter on postoperative pain and muscle strength in patients undergoing total knee replasment under spinal anesthesia in this study.
The aim of the study is to compare the efficacy of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) stretching and static stretching on range of motion (ROM), pain and function in elbow limitation.