Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2006
Editorial CommentPreventing chronic pain after surgery: who, how, and when?
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2006
Randomized Controlled TrialThe bilateral superficial cervical plexus block with 0.75% ropivacaine administered before or after surgery does not prevent postoperative pain after total thyroidectomy.
Patients undergoing thyroid surgery need postoperative pain management. Bilateral superficial cervical plexus block by administration of 0.25% bupivacaine with 1:200000 epinephrine at the end of surgery has been shown to improve postoperative analgesia. The objective of this study was to assess the analgesic efficacy in the first 36 postoperative hours after total thyroidectomy of bilateral superficial cervical plexus block with 0.75% ropivacaine administered before the incision or on completion of the surgical procedure. ⋯ Bilateral superficial cervical plexus block with 0.75% ropivacaine administered before or after surgery does not improve postoperative analgesia after total thyroidectomy.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2006
Historical ArticleWhite Knight: ASRA, ASA, and the formation of the ABA.
The original American Society of Regional Anesthesia (1924-1940) was instrumental in the formation of the American Board of Anesthesiology, whereupon competence in anesthesiology was placed on the same footing as every other specialty practice in the United States.