Intraoperative intravenous lidocaine improves the quality of recovery following ambulatory laparoscopic surgery.
Intrathecal fentanyl synergistically improves labour analgesia when given in combination with bupivacaine.
Pulsed radiofrequency stimulation of the suprascapular nerve improves pain and range of motion in those with adhesive capsulitis.
Peri-operative melatonin may cause small reductions in pre-operative anxiety and post-operative pain.
Periarticular infiltration with ropivacaine and ketorolac provides equivalent and likely superior post-op analgesia to intrathecal morphine after THA.
Hydroxylethyl starch preload before spinal caesarean section significantly reduces symptomatic hypotension when compared with Ringer's lactate.
Nitrous oxide exposure increases DNA damage which may be associated with increased risk of wound infection after colorectal surgery.
Continuous interscalene block offers analgesic benefits up to 1 week after shoulder surgery when compared with either single-shot block or GA alone.
TAP blocks may offer some small analgesic benefit after caesarean section at 6h and 12h, but not 24h, in patients also receiving intrathecal morphine.
Perineural dexamethasone may significantly increase the duration of analgesia after regional blockade, though without dose-response effect.
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