scholarly journals Corrigendum to “Regional Anesthesia for Postoperative Pain Control”

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ahmet Eroglu ◽  
Engin Erturk ◽  
Alparslan Apan ◽  
Ozgun Cuvas Apan
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Regional Anesthesia ◽  
Pain Control ◽  
Postoperative Pain Control

scholarly journals Regional Anesthesia for Postoperative Pain Control

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Eroglu ◽  
Engin Erturk ◽  
Alparslan Apan ◽  
Urs Eichenberger ◽  
Ozgun Cuvas Apan
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Regional Anesthesia ◽  
Pain Control ◽  
Postoperative Pain Control

scholarly journals Regional Anesthesia in Trauma Medicine

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice J. Wu ◽  
Loreto Lollo ◽  
Andreas Grabinsky
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Regional Anesthesia ◽  
Pain Control ◽  
Postoperative Phase ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Postoperative Pain Control ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Perioperative Phase ◽  
Trauma Medicine

Regional anesthesia is an established method to provide analgesia for patients in the operating room and during the postoperative phase. While regional anesthesia offers unique advantages, as shown by the recent military experience, it is not commonly utilized in the prehospital or emergency department setting. Most often, regional anesthesia techniques for traumatized patients are first utilized in the operating room for procedural anesthesia or for postoperative pain control. While infiltration or single nerve block procedures are often used by surgeons or emergency medicine physicians in the preoperative phase, more advanced techniques such as plexus block procedures or regional catheter placements are more commonly performed by anesthesiologists for surgery or postoperative pain control. These regional techniques offer advantages over intravenous anesthesia, not just in the perioperative phase but also in the acute phase of traumatized patients and during the initial transport of injured patients. Anesthesiologists have extensive experience with regional techniques and are able to introduce regional anesthesia into settings outside the operating room and in the early treatment phases of trauma patients.

Continuous Peripheral Catheters/Regional Anesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Hirsch ◽  
Daneshvari R. Solanki
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Regional Anesthesia ◽  
Pain Control ◽  
Lipid Emulsion ◽  
Postoperative Pain Management ◽  
Anesthetic Techniques ◽  
Postoperative Pain Control ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Drug Technology

As the number of surgical procedures has increased worldwide, so has the need for safe and effective postoperative pain control. Regional anesthesia, in which a provider uses local anesthesia and potentially other medications to provide anesthesia by focusing on blocking sensation at the surgical site, has become an important part of the postoperative pain regimen, thereby improving outcomes and comfort. Regional anesthesia plays a critical and significant role with regard to preemptive analgesia and multimodal anesthetic techniques. With the widespread use of ultrasonography and the introduction of peripheral nerve catheters, regional anesthesia has grown in its ability to provide longer-lasting, safe, and targeted pain control. Extended-relief lipid emulsion bupivacaine is another example of recent developments in drug technology that will further aid regional anesthesia delivery in the future. This review contains 5 figures, 4 tables, and 23 references. 

Written Prescription for Over-the-Counter Nonopioid Pain Medications Does Not Increase the Likelihood of Use after Ambulatory Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Lynch ◽  
James S. Lin ◽  
Kanu S. Goyal
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Pain ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Pain Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Postoperative Pain Control ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Unequal Variance ◽  
Pain Medications ◽  
Medication Consumption

Abstract Introduction This study looked to determine how providing written prescriptions of nonopioids affected postoperative pain medication usage and pain control. Materials and Methods Patients undergoing hand and upper-extremity surgery (n = 244) were recruited after the implementation of a postoperative pain control program encouraging nonopioids before opioids. Patients were grouped based on procedure type: bone (n = 66) or soft tissue (n = 178). Patients reported postoperative medication consumption and pain control scores. Two-tailed t-tests assuming unequal variance were performed to look for differences in postoperative pain control and medication consumption between those who were and were not given written prescriptions for nonopioids. Results For both soft tissue and bone procedure patients, a written prescription did not significantly affect patients’ postoperative pain control or medication consumption. Regardless of receiving a written prescription, patients who underwent soft tissue procedures consumed significantly more daily nonopioids than opioids. Conclusion Receiving written prescriptions for nonopioids may not have a significant effect on postoperative pain control or medication consumption. Patients undergoing soft tissue hand and upper extremity procedures may be more likely to consume more daily nonopioids than opioids postoperatively compared to bone procedure patients regardless of whether they receive a written prescription for nonopioids.

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