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May 18th, 2022 - Developing effective strategies to manage perioperative pain remains a focus of cleft care. The present study's purpose was to systematically review perioperative pain control strategies for cleft lip and palate repair. A systematic review and met...

May 18th, 2022 - The proximal long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) has been recognized as a well-known cause of anterior shoulder pain. Previous studies have identified a heterogeneous distribution of nerve fibers in the tendon, with a higher abundance of fibers ...

May 17th, 2022 - Shoulder pain and loss of function remain a therapeutic challenge in adhesive capsulitis. Suprascapular nerve blocks, a common treatment in adhesive capsulitis, are considered a safe and effective method for the resolution of pain and restoration ...

May 9th, 2022 - Ultrasound techniques and peripheral nerve stimulation have increased the interest in peripheral nerve injections for chronic pain. The knowledge of anatomy and nerve distribution patterns is paramount for optimal use of peripheral nerve blocks in...

May 9th, 2022 - Approach Considerations Despite general agreement on the management of pneumothorax, a full consensus about management of initial or recurrent pneumothorax does not exist. Professional societies differ in their approach to management and hospitali...

Jan 5th, 2022 - Bleeding is a potential complication after neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks. The risk is increased in patients on antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs. This joint guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and t...

Jun 7th, 2020 - Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the major causes of significant disability and health care costs, with facet joints as one of the proven causes of pain. To provide evidence-based guidance in performing diagnostic and therapeutic facet joint in...

Nov 13th, 2018 - Systemic toxicity from local anesthetics can occur in any of the wide range of situations in which these agents are used. This practical guide is created to generate a shared awareness of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of local anestheti...

Sep 8th, 2009 - These guidelines were prepared on behalf of the European Association of Urology (EAU) to help urologists assess the evidence-based management of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and to incorporate the recommendations into their clinical practice. To revi...

Aug 1st, 2009 - Comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain are described here to provide recommendations for clinicians. To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional...

May 9th, 2022 - Hip fractures often present to the emergency department and elderly, already fragile, patients are overrepresented. The pain associated with a hip fracture can be severe and have deleterious effects on the patient. Many studies, and a Cochrane rev...

May 4th, 2022 - Regional anesthetic techniques are an integral part to many anesthetic approaches, providing both intraoperative and postoperative anesthesia and analgesia. Regional anesthesia peripheral nerve blocks have been shown to reduce postoperative pain a...

May 4th, 2022 - Fractures of the tibial plateau, while very painful, typically do not receive nerve blocks. This is because of a concern that the numbness from a nerve block would "mask" the typically painful symptoms of compartment syndrome, a condition that can...

Apr 28th, 2022 - Maxillo-mandibular osteotomy is a frequent but painful procedure in maxillo-facial surgery. It mostly requires opioïds use which lead to well known side effects. Regional anesthesia has strongly modified post-surgical rehabilitation of many proced...

Apr 28th, 2022 - Pain is a major problem that has to be dealt with in case of hip fracture, as it presents an obstacle for examination, positioning for receiving neuroaxial anesthesia and postoperative mobility and physiotherapy. With the introduction of ultrasoun...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Allyson Bryant, MD Assistant Professor Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Health Winston-Salem, NC Changes in Cancer Pain A report by the American Cancer Society in 2012 esti...

Aug 25th, 2021 - A combination of two nerve blocks reduced immediate postsurgery opioid use in total hip arthroplasty (THA) patients by about 35% compared with use of a transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (T-QLB) alone, according to a small study published in B...

May 14th, 2021 - A group of anesthesiology researchers in China have lost their 2020 paper on nerve blocks during lung surgery after finding that the work contained "too many" errors to stand. But after hearing from the top editor of the journal, it's pretty clear...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Transcript:Johanna Bendell, MD: So, we talk about the multidisciplinary approach. John, you alluded to it earlier. These patients need a lot of support. They can be fairly symptomatic. Eileen, how do you guys work at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cance...

Jul 21st, 2020 - Preoperative pelvic floor muscle injections and pudendal nerve blocks with bupivacaine and dexamethasone do not significantly improve pain control after vaginal apical prolapse repair, compared with placebo, according to a study. In a randomized t.