Acute pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is complex in nature. The pain pattern does
not resemble pain after other laparoscopic procedures, suggesting that analgesic treatment …

Studies have shown that patients often experience suboptimal analgesia in the
postoperative period. In the past decade, a number of advances have been made to improve …

Background: One hundred consecutive laparoscopic patients were prospectively followed in
the Post-anesthesia Recovery Unit (PAR) in a community hospital. Methods: Data was …

The analgesic efficacy of a single dose of ketorolac or ibuprofen given preoperatively was
assessed in healthy outpatients undergoing general anesthesia for laparoscopic tubal …

Abstract Study Objective: To investigate the effect of an additional postoperative intravenous
(IV) clonidine infusion on meperidine requirements in the early postoperative period …

Methods. Patients undergoing major urologic surgery were enrolled in a randomized,
placebocontrolled, double-blinded study and received one of two analgesic regimens. All …

Aim: This study evaluated the pre‐emptive analgesic effect of intravenous (iv)(R)‐ketamine
in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.(R)‐ketamine was used due to the lower incidence of side …

We have compared analgesic requirements, perceived pain, and self-assessment of 'health
locus of control'for 72 h in 88 subjects after cholecystectomy, randomized to either a …

Ketorolac, a prostaglandin synthetase‐inhibiting analgesic, was compared with morphine for
relief of pain after laparotomy for gynaecological surgery. Eighty patients were studied; they …

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) offers advantages over open cholecystectomy (OC) of
more rapid patient recovery. The comparative amount of pain that patients must endure after …