Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · May 2024
Observational StudyRadiographic lead migration in percutaneous spinal cord stimulator trials.
Lead migration during spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trials is relatively neglected in the literature and presents a different set of challenges compared with fully implanted leads. There is no consensus on what constitutes a clinically significant amount of radiographic lead migration during SCS trials. We wished to evaluate the incidence and extent of radiographic lead migration during percutaneous SCS trials, to investigate the risk factors for lead migration and whether this has impacted on trial success. ⋯ Radiographic lead migration of approximately half of a vertebral level in a caudal direction can be expected during percutaneous SCS trials and this can be anticipated by siting leads half of a vertebral level higher to accommodate for this. Additional factors should be considered in the setting of radiographic lead migration to determine whether this can be considered clinically significant.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · May 2024
ReviewAnalgesic benefits of regional anesthesia in the perioperative management of transition-related surgery: a systematic review.
Transition-related surgery is an effective treatment for gender dysphoria, but the perioperative analgesic management of transgender patients is nuanced and potentially complicated by higher rates of mood and substance use disorders. Regional anesthetic techniques are known to reduce pain severity and opioid requirements; however, little is known regarding the relative analgesic effectiveness of regional anesthesia for transgender patients undergoing transition-related surgery. ⋯ Despite the ever-growing demand for transition-related surgery, the relative analgesic effectiveness of regional anesthesia for transgender patients undergoing transition-related surgery is very understudied and insufficient to guide clinical practice. Our systematic review of the literature serves to underscore regional anesthesia for transition-related surgery as a priority area for future research.