Articles: chronic.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Aug 2023
Randomized Controlled TrialOpioid-Free Versus Opioid-Based Anesthesia on Postoperative Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgery: The Use of Intravenous and Epidural Esketamine.
The effectiveness and safety of opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) regimens in distinct types of surgeries remain controversial. In this study, we investigated whether OFA could reduce the occurrence of chronic postoperative pain in patients receiving video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). ⋯ Replacement of opioids by esketamine, intraoperatively as intravenous injection and epidural infusion and postoperatively as epidural infusion, reduces the incidence of mild chronic postoperative pain and side effects in patients after VATS.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Psychological and neurological predictors of acupuncture effect in chronic pain patients: a randomized controlled neuroimaging trial.
Chronic pain has been one of the leading causes of disability. Acupuncture is globally used in chronic pain management. However, the efficacy of acupuncture treatment varies across patients. ⋯ Furthermore, support vector machine models applied to the questionnaire and brain features could jointly predict acupuncture improvement with an accuracy of 81.48%. Besides, the correlations and models were not significant in the sham-acupuncture group. These results demonstrate the specific psychological, brain functional, and structural predictors of acupuncture improvement and may offer opportunities to aid clinical practices.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Jul 2023
Randomized Controlled TrialThe anterior branch of the medial femoral cutaneous nerve innervates the anterior knee: a randomized volunteer trial.
The midline skin incision for total knee arthroplasty may be an important generator of chronic neuropathic pain. The incision is innervated by the medial femoral cutaneous nerve (MFCN), the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerves (IFCN) and the infrapatellar branch from the saphenous nerve. The MFCN divides into an anterior (MFCN-A) and a posterior branch (MFCN-P). The primary aim was to compare the areas anesthesized by MFCN-A versus MFCN-P block for coverage of the incision. ⋯ In half of the cases, a gap of non-anesthetized skin was present on the surgical midline incision after anesthesia of the saphenous nerve and the IFCN. This gap was covered by selective anesthesia of the MFCN-A without contribution from MFCN-P. The selective MFCN-A block may be relevant for diagnosis and interventional management of neuropathic pain due to injury of MFCN-A.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of a Non-Pharmacological Multicomponent Pain Management Program on Pain Intensity and Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Elderly Men With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.
Improving the level of care for the elderly with musculoskeletal pain requires pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain control methods. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a non-pharmacological pain management intervention on pain intensity and quality of life in community-dwelling older men with musculoskeletal pain who were referred to comprehensive healthcare centers in the city of Ilam, Iran. ⋯ A six-week physical activity and education program for community-dwelling older men with chronic musculoskeletal pain could improve quality of life and decrease pain intensity after a one-month follow-up compared with usual care. Therefore, it seems necessary to consider pain management programs in the elderly care program and familiarize health care professionals with these pain control methods.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Utility of a Novel, Combined Biofeedback-Virtual Reality Device as Add-on Treatment for Chronic Migraine: A Randomized Pilot Study.
To determine if the frequent use of a combined biofeedback-virtual reality device improves headache-related outcomes in chronic migraine. ⋯ Frequent use of a portable biofeedback-virtual reality device was associated with decreases in the frequency of acute analgesic use and in depression in individuals with chronic migraine. This platform holds promise as an add-on treatment for chronic migraine, especially for individuals aiming to decrease acute analgesic use or interested in nonmedication approaches.