An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in a Breath-Hold Underwater Fishing Champion: A Case Report by Andrea Cortegiani, Grazia Foresta, Giustino Strano, Maria Teresa Strano, Francesca Montalto, Domenico Garbo, Santi Maurizio Raineri

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Immediate Postoperative Pain and Recovery Time after Pulpotomy Performed under General Anaesthesia in Young Children by Sultan Keles, Ozlem Kocaturk

“…The aim of this retrospective study was to compare immediate postoperative pain scores and need for rescue analgesia in children who underwent pulpotomies and restorative treatment and those who underwent restorative treatment only, all under general anaesthesia. …”
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Methylprednisolone as an Adjunct to Local Infiltration on Laminoplasty or Laminectomy before Wound Closure: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Niti Shrestha, Bo Han, Xiying Wang, Wenqing Jia, Fang Luo

“…Patients undergoing laminoplasty and laminectomy often experience severe postoperative pain. Local infiltration analgesia during spine surgery significantly reduces postoperative pain, which only upholds for a short time. …”
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Comparison of analgesic efficacy of diclofenac suppository with intramuscular diclofenac sodium in post-operative pain relief after cesarean delivery in the first 24 hours by Sidra Khan, Noreen Majeed, Ruqya, Mehreen Mehdi, Faiza Safdar, Saana Bibj

“… Background About 80% of the patients experience enough post-operative pain to require analgesia. Adequate pain relief  is needed after caesarean section to assist ambulation , mother / baby bonding & above all, a  pleasant experience of being a mother. …”
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Effects of Addition of Preoperative Intravenous Ibuprofen to Pregabalin on Postoperative Pain in Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery by Hüseyin Ulaş Pınar, Ömer Karaca, Fatma Karakoç, Rafi Doğan

“…Patients received either 250 ml saline with 800 mg i.v. ibuprofen or saline without ibuprofen 30 minutes prior to the surgery. Postoperative analgesia was obtained by morphine patient controlled analgesia (PCA) and 1 g i.v. paracetamol every six hours. …”
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Comparison of the recovery profile of sufentanil and remifentanil in total intravenous anesthesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Igor Seror Cuiabano, Rafael Pagliaro Naves, Rodrigo Bouchabki de A. Diehl

“…It also reduces the need for postoperative rescue analgesia, logOR = -1.07; 95% CI: -1.62 to -0.52; p = 0.005. …”
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Comparison of intra-articular lidocaine versus intravenous sedative and analgesic for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation in terms of mean pain reduction using vas score by Rahman Rasool Akhtar, Muhammad Umair Qammar, Riaz Ahmed, Adnan Arif, Armaghana Qamar Khan, Maria Liaquat

“…Due to its side effects, Intra-articular lidocaine (IAL) is recommended for use as a probable alternative to intravenous sedation-analgesia especially for patients with contraindication to intravenous sedation-analgesia. …”
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VERSATILE IN COMBINATION; TRAMADOL AND BUPIVACAINE, AS CAUDAL BLOCKANALGESIA FOR PEDIATRIC INFRA-UMBILICAL SURGERIES by Naila Zahoor Awan et al

“…Mean duration of postoperative analgesia was significantly prolonged in group A as compared to group B (p =0.0005). …”
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Analgesic Characteristics of Bupivacaine Alone and in Combination with Dexmedetomidine or Meperidine in Spinal Anesthesia during Cesarean Section: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinica... by Simin Azemati, Amir Zarghami, Reza Jouybar, Vida Naderi-boldaji

“…The combination of bupivacaine with dexmedetomidine significantly prolonged sensory and motor regression time and duration of analgesia.…”
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Breast Surgery Using Thoracic Paravertebral Blockade and Sedation Alone by James Simpson, Arun Ariyarathenam, Julie Dunn, Pete Ford

“…Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) provides superior analgesia for breast surgery when used in conjunction with general anesthesia (GA). …”
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Illusory finger stretching and somatosensory responses in participants with chronic hand-based pain. by Kirralise J Hansford, Daniel H Baker, Kirsten J McKenzie, Catherine E J Preston

“…However, no significant decreases in pain ratings were found following illusory resizing, and changes in SSEP amplitudes are thought to possibly reflect experiences of illusory analgesia. Despite a lack of illusory analgesia across the sample, several participants experienced clinically meaningful levels of pain reduction following illusory resizing, highlighting the potential of resizing illusions as an analgesia treatment avenue. …”
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Hematoma Block Verses General Anesthesia For Close Reduction And Percutaneous Pinning Of Distal Radius Fractures In Elderly Patients by Muhammad Zahid Siddiq, Tooba Tahir, Waqas Ali, Rahman Rasool Akhtar, Mohammad Saleem, Nisar Ahmad

“… Objective: The objective of our study is to compare two techniques used for analgesia, hematoma block and general anaesthesia, in patients presented with a fracture of the distal radius in the trauma centre of Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital Gujrat. …”
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A Novel Use of Liposomal Bupivacaine in Erector Spinae Plane Block for Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery by Stylianos Voulgarelis, Gregory M. Halenda, Justinn M. Tanem

“…Erector spinae plane blocks are an expanding pain-control technique in both adult and pediatric cardiac surgery for postoperative analgesia. Liposomal bupivacaine offers prolonged analgesia and may be an attractive option for this indication.…”
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A Need for Further Education on Buprenorphine in Pain Medicine by Jamal Hasoon, Anvinh Nguyen, Ivan Urits, Christopher Robinson, Omar Viswanath, Alan D Kaye

“…With the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States there has been a strong transition towards utilizing multi-modal analgesia, interventional procedures, and non-opioid medications when managing acute and chronic pain. …”
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Relative perioperative analgesic efficacy of single-shot serratus anterior plane block versus thoracic paravertebral block in breast and thoracic surgeries – A systematic review an... by Jeetinder K. Makkar, Narinder P. Singh, Bisman Jeet Kaur Khurana, Preet M. Singh

“…Background and Aims: Various regional analgesia techniques, such as thoracic paravertebral (TPV) and serratus anterior plane (SAP) blocks, have been employed to manage postoperative pain following chest wall surgery. …”
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A Study to Compare the Analgesic Efficacy of Intrathecal Bupivacaine Alone with Intrathecal Bupivacaine Midazolam Combination in Patients Undergoing Elective Infraumbilical Surgery by Anirban Chattopadhyay, Souvik Maitra, Suvadeep Sen, Sulagna Bhattacharjee, Amitava Layek, Sugata Pal, Kakali Ghosh

“…Spinal anaesthesia, which is one of the techniques for infraumbilical surgeries, is most commonly criticized for limited duration of postoperative analgesia. Several adjuvants have been tried along with local anesthetic for prolonging the duration of analgesia. …”
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Use of Methadone for Neuropathic Pain by Dwight Moulin

“…Anticonvulsant and antidepressant treatments provide effective analgesia in up to 50% of patients with chronic neuropathic pain (2) and there is a growing body of high-quality evidence that controlled-release opioid analgesics provide substantial pain relief in a further subset of patients (3-6). …”
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Ultrasound-guided low-volume anterior suprascapular nerve block for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation in the emergency department: A case series by Chitta Ranjan Mohanty, Anju Gupta, Rakesh Vadakkethil Radhakrishnan, Neha Singh, Saroj Kumar Patra

“…Procedural sedation and analgesia are commonly used for ASD, but regional techniques are gaining popularity. …”
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Buprenorphine and its formulations: a comprehensive review by Salomon Poliwoda, Nazir Noor, Jack S. Jenkins, Cain W. Stark, Mattie Steib, Jamal Hasoon, Giustino Varrassi, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D Kaye

“…Buprenorphine, a novel long-acting analgesic, was developed with the intention of two purposes: analgesia and opioid use disorder. Regarding its pharmacodynamics, it is a partial agonist at mu receptors, an inverse agonist at kappa receptors, and an antagonist at delta receptors. …”
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The Impact of Perioperative Multimodal Pain Management on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients (Aged 75 and Older) Undergoing Short-Segment Lumbar Fusion Surgery by Shuaikang Wang, Tongtong Zhang, Peng Wang, Xiangyu Li, Chao Kong, Wenzhi Sun, Shibao Lu

“…Perioperative multimodal pain management (PMPM) group (from January 2019 to April 2021) in which patients received multimodal analgesia was case-matched to the control group (from October 2017 to December 2018) in which patients were treated under the conventional patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) method. …”
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