Scand J Plast Recons
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Scand J Plast Recons · Sep 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialRole of pre-emptive analgesia in reduction mammaplasty.
Pre-emptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents altered central excitability from high intensity noxious stimuli. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of pre-emptive analgesia in patients due to have elective breast reduction that usually requires drugs for postoperative pain control. ⋯ Analgesic requirements were recorded. There was a statistically significant difference between groups in the amount of additional pain control required during the early postoperative period, which suggests that pre-emptive analgesia reduces pain after reduction mammaplasty.