Pain, Postoperative - Therapy
Research News and Information

Monday, November 23, 2009

Increase in quality, but not quantity, of clinical trials in acute pain: 1992 versus 2007.

30 Oct 2009 The annual number of published clinical trials in acute postoperative pain in adults has changed little in 15 yr and, as a fraction of all clinical trials published in the six highest impact journals in anesthesiology, has actually decreased from ... Read more...

Oblique sub-costal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) catheters: an alternative to epidural analgesia after upper abdominal surgery.

29 Sep 2009 SUMMARY: The authors present three cases where catheters placed in the oblique sub-costal transversus abdominis plane provided prolonged analgesia after upper abdominal surgery. Patient 1 was admitted with severe sepsis following major hepatobiliary ... Read more...

Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery: an update Cochrane review.

30 Jul 2009 STUDY DESIGN: Cochrane systematic review of randomized controlled trials. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of active rehabilitation for adults after first-time lumbar disc surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Several rehabilitation programs are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain, Postoperative - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Increase in quality, but not quantity, of clinical trials in acute pain: 1992 versus 2007. 30 Oct 2009
• Oblique sub-costal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) catheters: an alternative to epidural analgesia after upper abdominal surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Generating evidence on spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: not yet fully charged. Clin j pain. 2008;24:757-758. 30 Aug 2009
• On surgeons and doughnuts. 30 Aug 2009
• Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery: an update Cochrane review. 30 Jul 2009
• [Neuralgia of the genitofemoral nerve after hernioplasty. Therapy by peripheral nerve stimulation] 30 Jul 2009
• [Post-surgical neuropathic pain] 29 Jun 2009
• Radiofrequency treatment of the thoracic paravertebral nerve combined with glucocorticoid for refractory neuropathic pain following breast cancer surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• Bilateral extraoral, infraorbital nerve block for postoperative pain relief after cleft lip repair in pediatric patients: a randomized, double-blind controlled study. 29 Jun 2009
• Iliac crest bone graft--could this be an ideal indication for a transversus abdominus plane block? 29 Jun 2009
• Multimodal analgesia for hip arthroplasty. 29 Jun 2009
• [Fascia iliaca compartment block for analgesia following total hip replacement surgery] 30 May 2009
• Decreased narcotic use with an implantable local anesthetic catheter after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction. 30 May 2009
• Spinal cord stimulation as a novel approach to the treatment of refractory neuropathic mediastinal pain. 13 May 2009
• [A national survey of postoperative pain management in Lebanon] 7 May 2009
• Using acupuncture for acute pain in hospitalized children. 29 Apr 2009
• [Implementation of standardized postoperative pain therapy for orthopaedic patients. Comparison between unsystematic and standardized pain therapy] 29 Apr 2009
• Challenge of improving postoperative pain management: case studies of three acute pain services in the UK National Health Service. 15 Apr 2009
• Pain control in first trimester surgical abortion. 13 Apr 2009
• Routine packing of simple cutaneous abscesses is painful and probably unnecessary. 8 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Pain, Postoperative'

Definition: Pain during the period after surgery.

Descriptor UI: D010149

Alternative terms: Pain, Postoperative; Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Pains;

Allowable Qualifiers: congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications;

Tree Number: C23.550.767.700; C23.888.646.530;

History Note: 74

Technical Notes: DF: PAIN POSTOP or POSTOP PAIN