Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain
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Review Meta Analysis
Efficacy and safety of perioperative ketamine for the prevention of chronic postsurgical pain: A meta-analysis.
Assessment of the efficacy and safety of perioperative intravenous ketamine in reducing incidence and severity of chronic postsurgical pain. ⋯ Prospero CRD42021223625, 07.01.2021.
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Microvascular decompression (MVD), radiofrequency rhizotomy (RFR), and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) are surgical techniques frequently used in the treatment of idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN), although the results reported for each of these are diverse. ⋯ Concerning pain control and risk of pain recurrence, MVD is superior to RFR and SRS, but not in terms of quality of life, satisfaction with treatment, and safety profile.