Assessment of postoperative pain in surgical oncological patients
Background: pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with tissue damage.Objective: to characterize the assessment of postsurgical pain in oncological patients treated at the “Marie Curie” Oncological Hospital, Camagüey, Cuba ...
Zaily Fuentes-Díaz+3 more
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A Prospective Randomized Study Analyzing Preoperative Opioid Counseling in Pain Management After Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery. [PDF]
PURPOSE: Prescription opioid misuse has become increasingly prevalent in the United States. Preoperative opioid counseling has been proposed to decrease opioid consumption after surgery.
Alter, Todd H., Ilyas, Asif M
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The fast adaptive focus tracking robotic optical coherence tomography (FACT‐ROCT) offers real‐time, high‐resolution imaging of spinal cord tumors during surgery. By reducing motion artifacts with robotics and adaptive focal tracking, it accurately differentiates tumor grades using a novel attenuation coefficient marker and reveals critical ...
Bin He+16 more
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OBJECTIVE The goal of this post hoc analysis of subjects from a prospective observational study was to identify the predictors of patients developing moderate to severe acute pain (mean numerical rating scale [NRS] ≥4, 0-10) during the first three days ...
E. Bayman+5 more
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Lumbar interspinous process fixation and fusion with stand-alone interlaminar lumbar instrumented fusion implant in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis undergoing decompression for spinal stenosis [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. PURPOSE: To assess the ability of a stand-alone lumbar interspinous implant (interspinous/interlaminar lumbar instrumented fusion, ILIF) associated with bone grafting to promote posterior spine fusion in ...
Cinotti, Gianluca+5 more
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This study introduces a novel transdermal delivery system of molecular hydrogen for postoperative pain relief and wound healing. This system utilizes sustained‐release photothermal microneedles to integrate hydrogen‐releasing nanoparticles and temperature‐responsive microspheres, achieving acid‐responsive hydrogen release and controlled drug release ...
Aining Zhang+8 more
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Evaluation of the use of ketorolac vs. diclofenac sodium in the preventive analgesia of limb surgery
Background: postoperative pain appears with greater frequency and intensity after the surgical interventions of large joints.Objective: to compare the analgesic effects of ketorolac and diclofenac sodium in the treatment of postoperative pain with the ...
Karell Piñón-García+4 more
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The effect of total knee arthroplasty on joint movement during functional activities and joint range of motion with particular regard to higher flexion users [PDF]
Study aimed to evaluate active and functional knee excursion of patients before and after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and to determine whether TKA restores quality of life related to functional activities of daily living. Found that although TKA offers
Myles, C M, Nutton, R, Rowe, P J
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The Locus Coeruleus‐Periaqueductal Gray GABAergic Projection Regulates Comorbid Pain and Depression
LC‐GABA neurons exhibit elevated activity to noxious and aversive stimuli in chronic pain, and their activation alleviates pain‐ and depression‐like behaviors. While LC‐GABA neurons target LC‐NA neurons and GABA and Glu neurons in the vlPAG, they modulate the pain responses of LC‐NA neurons but regulate pain‐ and depression‐like behaviors through their
Yuan Gao+7 more
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Limited post-operative narcotic use in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]
Purpose: To limit narcotics use Cochrane review: multiple studies have shown postoperative pain can be managed with non-narcotic meds with good outcome Less medication related side effects:N/V, constipation, disorientation Prevents substance addiction ...
Josloff, MD, Robert+3 more
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