Joint, bone, spine : revue du rhumatisme
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Minimal access spinal technologies aim primarily at minimizing the trauma associated with surgical exposure of the spine. They owe their existence mainly to recent progress in optical and imaging devices and to the development of instrumentations specifically designed for insertion via minimally invasive approaches. No published scientific studies have proved that minimally invasive techniques are superior over standard techniques. ⋯ Finally, minimal access spinal technologies are evolving at a fast pace. Progress is being made in defining the indications, and assessable results have been obtained for a number of lesions. This article describes the main techniques and highlights the beneficial effects on patient comfort.
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Clinical Trial
Tolerability of opioids in patients with acute pain due to nonmalignant musculoskeletal disease. A hospital-based observational study.
To evaluate the prevalence of adverse effects of opioids used to treat acute nonmalignant musculoskeletal pain. ⋯ Morphine is often responsible for adverse effects in patients with acute nonmalignant musculoskeletal pain. These effects are usually moderate and very rarely require discontinuation of the drug.