Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of bench model fidelity on fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural injection training: a randomized control study.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether high-fidelity simulators provide greater benefit than low-fidelity models in training fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural injection. ⋯ Training an epidural procedure using a low-fidelity model may be equally effective as training on a high-fidelity model. These results are consistent with previous research on a variety of interventional procedures and further demonstrate the potential impact of simple, low-fidelity training models.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2013
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialContinuous interscalene nerve block following adhesive capsulitis manipulation.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialLong-term pain and functional disability after total knee arthroplasty with and without single-injection or continuous sciatic nerve block in addition to continuous femoral nerve block: a prospective, 1-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.
This is a follow-up to determine long-term outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients enrolled in a previous randomized trial that found reduced postoperative pain after addition of sciatic nerve block to continuous femoral nerve block for TKA. ⋯ No differences were detected in the secondary outcomes we examined. Thus, improved postoperative outcome did not translate into improved functional outcome or long-term pain.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialProphylactic ondansetron does not prevent shivering or decrease shivering severity during cesarean delivery under combined spinal epidural anesthesia: a randomized trial.
Prophylactic ondansetron does not prevent shivering during cesarean section under regional block.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialValue of an electronic tutorial for image interpretation in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.
Use of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) requires considerable training. An embedded electronic tutorial as an element of an ultrasound machine may help to identify sonoanatomy for novices. Therefore, we investigated whether an electronic tutorial could improve accuracy or speed of performance in identifying anatomical structures. ⋯ An electronic tutorial can help novices in UGRA identify anatomical structures. A significant increase in correct identifications was gained at the expense of significantly longer time required for this process. Increased time required may partly be related to unfamiliarity with the tutorial.