British journal of anaesthesia
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Br J Anaesth
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Observational Study
Association between postoperative complications and lingering post-surgical pain: an observational cohort study.
Post-surgical pain that lingers beyond the initial few-week period of tissue healing is a major predictor of pain chronification, which leads to substantial disability and new persistent opioid analgesic use. We investigated whether postoperative medical complications increase the risk of lingering post-surgical pain. ⋯ Medical complications were associated with a two-fold increase in functionally limiting pain 1-3 months after surgery. Understanding the mechanisms that link complications to pathological persistence of pain could help develop future approaches to prevent persistent post-surgical pain.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of reversal of deep neuromuscular block with sugammadex or moderate block by neostigmine on shoulder pain in elderly patients undergoing robotic prostatectomy.
Deep neuromuscular block for robotic prostatectomy does NOT reduce shoulder pain or speed postoperative recovery.
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