Articles: postoperative-pain.
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To compare the efficacy of a subacromial injection (SAI) with a single-shot interscalene block (ISB) for immediate postoperative pain relief after outpatient arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR). ⋯ Level III, retrospective, comparative therapeutic trial.
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J Minim Invasive Gynecol · May 2020
Opioid Prescription Usage after Benign Gynecologic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study.
To compare the amount of opioids (tablets and morphine milligram equivalents [MMEs]) prescribed by physicians and used by patients after benign gynecologic surgery. ⋯ In this cohort, gynecologic surgeons prescribed nearly 3 times more opioid tablets and MMEs than was used by patients despite patients reporting similar levels of pain after minor and major surgeries.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Multimodal Analgesic Regimen for Spine Surgery: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial.
Various multimodal analgesic approaches have been proposed for spine surgery. The authors evaluated the effect of using a combination of four nonopioid analgesics versus placebo on Quality of Recovery, postoperative opioid consumption, and pain scores. ⋯ An analgesic pathway based on preoperative acetaminophen and gabapentin, combined with intraoperative infusions of lidocaine and ketamine, did not improve recovery in patients who had multilevel spine surgery.