Articles: pain-management-methods.
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Observational Study
Observational Study of the Distribution and Diversity of Interventional Pain Procedures Among Hospitals in the State of Iowa.
Critical access hospitals represent 61% of hospitals in the rural United States, and 68% of hospitals in Iowa. The role of small hospitals, such as critical access hospitals, in providing interventional chronic pain procedures is unknown. ⋯ Critical access hospitals, Herfindahl, interventional pain procedures, managerial epidemiology, pain medicine, state outpatient procedure database, lumbar epidural.
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Management of chronic cluster headache (CCH) remains a challenging endeavor, and the optimal surgical approach for medically refractory CCH remains controversial. ⋯ VN is an effective treatment method for CCH patients. Precise Vidian nerve identification and maximal preservation of the sphenopalatine ganglion may achieve good surgical outcomes and dramatically improve quality of life among patients, without significant adverse events.
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J Minim Invasive Gynecol · May 2019
Observational StudyLaparoscopic Superior Hypogastric Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Hysterectomies: A New Technique for Superior Hypogastric Blocks.
To evaluate the effect of intraoperative superior hypogastric blocks on postoperative pain management. ⋯ Intraoperative SHP block is a preferable modality for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing hysterectomy. The surgical laparoscopic modified anterior approach we describe is an uncomplicated and easily applicable method. More effective results would be seen if used together with wound site local anesthetic infiltration or abdominal wall plane blocks. (Clinical trial registration no. NCT03427840.).