Amanuel Essayas,Mebratu Legesse,Mebratu Tila et al. Amanuel Essayas et al.

Background: Several adjuvant drugs have been tried to prolong spinal anesthesia block. Currently, dexamethasone appears to be effective in extending the duration of sensory block and enhancing analgesia during surgery. It is unclear, howeve...

Arash Farbood,Sanaz Abbasi,Naeimehossadat Asmarian et al. Arash Farbood et al.

Background: The effectiveness of continuous wound infiltration (CWI) as a postoperative pain-control technique has been shown in many surgical procedures. This study investigates the effect of CWI of local anesthetic on p...

Seyed Amirreza Akhlagh,Arash Farbood,Mahsa Tahvili et al. Seyed Amirreza Akhlagh et al.

Background: The erector spinae plane (ESP) block is a novel approach to minimizing postoperative pain. We investigated the efficacy and side effects of the ultrasonography-guided bilateral ESP block in reducing pain in th...

Pin Li,Hongyun Chen,Xiuzhen Fu et al. Pin Li et al.

Objectives: To evaluate the short-term outcome of treatment by auricular acupressure (AA) on postoperative pain among hip fracture (HF) patients. Methods:...

Yan Wang,Xiaoping Gu,Simin Huang et al. Yan Wang et al.

Introduction: The anesthetic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided rhomboid intercostal block (RIB) in alleviating postoperative pain has been well concerned. This study aims to compare the effectiveness between ultrasound-gu...

Jin Wang,Xulei Cui,Liying Ren et al. Jin Wang et al.

Background: This prospective, randomized, double-blinded, noninferiority study aimed to compare the effects of analgesia and recovery between transmuscular quadratus lumborum block (TMQLB) and paravertebral block (PVB). ...

Ghada Mohammad Abo Elfadl,Marwa Mahmoud AbdelRady,Hany M Osman et al. Ghada Mohammad Abo Elfadl et al.

Background: The study evaluated the analgesic effects of levobupivacaine infiltration in the tonsil bed, and a combination of levobupivacaine and dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing tonsillectomy. ...

Lijin Zhou,Honghao Yang,Yong Hai et al. Lijin Zhou et al.

Objective: Although low-dose ketamine has been shown to be generally beneficial in terms of pain control in a variety of major surgery, there is no consensus regarding the effectiveness of supplemental ketamine analgesic ...

Yunzhong Cheng,Honghao Yang,Li Guan et al. Yunzhong Cheng et al.

Background: Pain following orthopedic surgery has always been a critical issue, which caused great distress to the patients. Analgesics in the treatment of postoperative pain following orthopedic surgery have aroused grea...

Xuejing Luo,Yanfei Xia,Mengting Gu et al. Xuejing Luo et al.

Background: Postoperative pain is a major adverse effect of surgery for mixed hemorrhoids. We evaluated whether spinal anesthesia with ropivacaine and hydromorphone provided safe and effective analgesia after surgery for ...