Pain physician
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Observational Study
Chronic Smoking is Not Associated with Increased Postoperative Opioid Use in Patients with Lung Cancer or Esophageal Cancer.
Chronic smokers show differences in pain sensitivity compared to healthy non-smokers. Yet, no study to date has examined whether smoker status has an effect on postoperative pain. ⋯ Smoking, postoperative pain, opioid, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, analgesia.
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) are a relatively common variant and have been considered as one of the reasons for back pain. It is not unusual for clinicians to encounter patients with LSTV who require caudal epidural block (CEB) for pain management. ⋯ Termination of the dural sac, dural sac termination, lumbosacral transitional vertebrae, transitional vertebra, caudal epidural block.
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Insufficient cement distribution (ICD) in the fractured area has been advocated to be responsible for unsatisfied pain relief after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). However, little is known about risk factors for the occurrence of ICD. ⋯ Percutaneous vertebroplasty, insufficient cement distribution, fractured area, risk factor, osteoporosis, vertebral compression fracture, spine, unsatisfied pain relief, cement augmentation.