Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · May 2006
Meta AnalysisThe analgesic effects of perioperative gabapentin on postoperative pain: a meta-analysis.
Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant that has been shown to be effective in the treatment of neuropathic and inflammatory pain in animal and human studies. The analgesic effect of its perioperative use has not been fully elucidated. ⋯ Based on this systematic review, perioperative oral gabapentin is a useful adjunct for the management of postoperative pain that provides analgesia through a different mechanism than opioids and other analgesic agents and would make a reasonable addition to a multimodal analgesic treatment plan.