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Filter by:This study aims to determine the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with post intra-thoracic surgery pain syndrome in a placebo-controlled, crossover, randomized clinical trial.
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience resulting from tissue damage. Pain management is typically conducted according to the World Health Organization (WHO) pain management ladder. Analgesics administered to pediatric patients vary in dosage and type, but these analgesics often have significant side effects. The acupuncture technique using press needles is a non-pharmacological pain therapy modality that has been studied for its ability to reduce the use of analgesic drugs, thereby potentially decreasing side effects associated with analgesic use. The study was conducted using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design involving 70 pediatric postoperative patients aged 1-18 years who were admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital. Subjects were divided into two groups: a control group and an experimental group. The control group received standard analgesic therapy and sham press needle application (a patch resembling a press needle without a needle), while the experimental group received standard analgesic therapy and press needle application at acupuncture points after the patient had been in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for 24 hours. Pain scale monitoring was conducted at 1, 6, 24, 48, and 72 hours using the Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability (FLACC) scale for children aged 1-8 years, and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for children over 8 years old. This study hypothesizes that the acupuncture technique using press needles can reduce the pain scale in pediatric postoperative patients, leading to a decrease in the use of analgesics and a reduction in side effects associated with analgesic use.
Moderate to severe postoperative pain is relatively common after major abdominal surgery. It is associated with less than optimal surgical experience, poor quality of recovery, and the development of persistent postsurgical pain. Opioids remain a significant component of postoperative pain management. Side effects of opioids used for the treatment of postoperative pain include constipation, pruritus, nausea, and vomiting. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols involve the utilization of multimodal analgesia. Analgesic techniques used include epidural analgesia, nerve blocks, and Intrathecal (IT) administration of morph ne. IT morphine reduces the postoperative opioid requirement for 18-24 hours after major abdominal surgery and reduces hospital length of stay (LOS) compared with epidural analgesia. A significant number of patients who receive IT morphine still experience moderate to severe postoperative p in. Additionally, many patients refuse the invasive procedure or cannot receive IT morphine due to procedure contraindications, thrombocytopenia, and/or coagulopathy. Intravenous (IV) methadone has a long analgesic half-life and has N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) properties. It has previously been shown to reduce postoperative opioid requirements, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and postoperative pain scores in patients who underwent orthopedic, abdominal, complex spine, and cardiac surg ry. Similar findings have been shown in obstetric patients who underwent cesarean delivery under general anesthesia as well as patients who underwent gynecologic surgery. IV methadone has, however, never been compared with IT morphine as a postoperative analgesic. The hypothesis is that intravenous (IV) methadone is non-inferior to IT morphine in patients who undergo major abdominal surg ry. It offers the advantage of being a noninvasive analgesic modality that may contribute to decreasing opioid consumption during the first 72 hours postoperatively, controlling postoperative pain, and improving the quality of recovery after surgery.
The researchers will compare the common methods of post-surgical pain control, such as epidural or intercostal nerve block with a newer method called cryoablation. The research team is conducting this study to determine if cryoablation provides more effective pain control when compared to an epidural or intercostal nerve block.
The goal of this study is to find out whether the use of topical tranexamic acid (TXA) into the surgical wound will result in less post-operative pain, less pain killer use, and better post-operative use of the wrist in people undergoing surgery for a wrist fracture compared to not using topical TXA (placebo).
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the analgesic effect of melatonin, and vitamin C and their combination in patients aged 18-60 years old who will undergo major abdominal surgery with mid-line incision within an expected time of surgery from 3 to 5 hours e.g. radical cystectomy, radical prostatectomy, colectomy, sigmoidectomy, splenectomy, and CBD exploration through mid-line incision. This study hypothesizes that using both vitamin C and melatonin together as adjuvants will cause: - More reduction in total morphine consumption in the first 24 hours postoperatively - More reduction of the incidence of chronic post-surgical pain, than using each adjuvant alone. Participants will be allocated into three equal groups: Melatonin (M group) and vitamin C (V group), and Melatonin and vitamin C (VM group). Two hours before surgery all patients will receive the study drugs orally and will be continued for 3 days postoperative at the same time of the first administration; 10mg of melatonin for M group (Melatonin 10 mg - Puritan's Pride premium company), 1gm of vitamin C for V group (Sanso C 1000 mg - AUG pharma company), and 10mg of melatonin and 1gm of vitamin C for VM group. Researchers will compare: - The effect of melatonin, vitamin C, and their combination on postoperative opioid consumption - The severity of postoperative pain, using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) - Patients' satisfaction with a three-point scale - The time of the first requirement for rescue analgesia - The effect on the incidence of chronic post-surgical pain.
The present study aims to compare the effect of adding IV magnesium sulfate versus magnesium sulfate to intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine in total abdominal hysterectomy regarding the duration of postoperative analgesia, hemodynamic stability, and complications.
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of implementing a standardized pain therapy protocol and their components on postoperative pain trajectories and postoperative outcomes such as increased opioid consumption and to compare it for different orthopaedic operations, i.e. major shoulder, hip, knee und spine surgery.
The opioid crisis continues to plague the United States. While great strides have been made nationwide to decrease overprescribing, improvements are still needed to appropriately educate patients on the safe and responsible use, storage and disposal of opioids. Pain after surgery is often treated with opioid medications. Opioid medications can have side effects. Some side effects are relatively minor (constipation, nausea, vomiting), while others are more severe (sedation, abnormal breathing, etc.) and can lead to serious illness or death. Opioid pain medications when used the wrong way may also be addictive. Due to theses side effects, sometimes patients feel uncomfortable about taking these medications, and doctors prescribe them very cautiously. However, when used properly and safely, opioid pain medications are excellent pain relievers. Addinex, a technology company, has developed a device to help patients take opioids more safely. In this study the investigators aim to enroll a total of 30 patients who undergo spine surgery. Half will be randomly assigned to receive a standard pill bottle with opioids at discharge and will download a mobile app so that they can record their daily pain scores and the number of opioids they take for two weeks after surgery. The other half will receive the new opioid dispenser filled with opioids and a mobile app that generates a passcode that opens that device only at designated times. For this group of patients, every time the patient wants to take an opioid, they need to go to the app, enter their pain score before the app generates a passcode. The investigators will be tracking all study patients' opioid use and pain scores for the two weeks after surgery, will count how many pills they have left over 14 days after their surgery during a live telehealth session, and ask patients how they liked using the device. Results from this study will help understand if the Addinex device could potentially be useful to patients in the future after surgeries as opposed to typical pill bottles.
To assess the benefit of using an additional nerve block during minimally invasive pituitary surgery, to improve pain management after surgery. The medication (Bupivacaine) or a placebo (saline) will be injected during surgery and patients will be asked about their level of pain at multiple time points in the first 24 hours following surgery. The aim is to improve patient outcomes and reduce the need for pain medication after surgery.