Articles: pain-management-methods.
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Letter Case Reports
Erector Spinae Plane Block in Management of Pain After Kidney Transplantation.
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Letter Retracted Publication
Successful cases of bilateral erector spinae plane block for treatment of tension headache.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · May 2019
Effectiveness of intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative pain management in hip and knee arthroplasties: a population-based study.
The significance of intravenous over oral acetaminophen (APAP) as part of multimodal analgesic protocols is contested, particularly when considering its relatively high price and use in a surgical cohort such as total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA), which generally tolerates oral medications. This study aims to elucidate APAP's effectiveness in a large, population-based patient sample. ⋯ These results do not support the routine use of intravenous APAP in patients undergoing lower joint arthroplasty, especially since oral APAP shows more beneficial outcome patterns.
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Curr Pain Headache Rep · May 2019
ReviewEvolving Spinal Cord Stimulation Technologies and Clinical Implications in Chronic Pain Management.
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS), based on the gate theory of nociception, has been shown to be effective in the management of chronic pain conditions. While early-generation technology offered many patients improvement in their pain and symptoms, limitations including paresthesia, dependence on mapping, decreased chronological efficacy, and inadequate coverage left many patients with persistent pain and overt therapeutic failure. ⋯ New advances in neuromodulation technology circumvent many of these previous limitations and offer patients improved pain relief and quality of life. In this review, an update on recent technological developments in the field of SCS and peripheral neuromodulation is presented with discussion on differentiating characteristics which may help guide applicability to individual patient needs.