Thoracic surgery ranks as one of the most painful surgical procedures. Pain after these
procedures can be debilitating and lead to poor outcomes, including respiratory …

Most patients who undergo surgery recover uneventfully and resume their normal daily
activities within weeks. Nevertheless, chronic postsurgical pain develops in an alarming …

Background Regional anaesthesia may reduce the rate of persistent postoperative pain
(PPP), a frequent and debilitating condition. This review was originally published in 2012 …

Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia, Fourth Edition provides a basic guide to anaesthesia for a
very diverse audience needing content, with straight-forward, structured style of writing …

BACKGROUND: Interscalene block (ISB) can provide pain relief after shoulder surgery, but
a reliable quantification of its analgesic benefits is lacking. This meta-analysis examines the …

THE concept of preemptive analgesia to reduce the magnitude and duration of
postoperative pain was paved in 1983 by Woolf, 1 who showed evidence for a central …

IMPLICATIONS: This meta-analysis assesses the ability of preemptive analgesic
interventions to attenuate postoperative pain scores, decrease supplemental postoperative …

Pain from surgical procedures occurs as a consequence of tissue trauma and may result in
physical, cognitive, and emotional discomfort. Almost a century ago, researchers first …

Interest in chronic pain after surgery has grown since the finding that more than a fifth of
patients attending chronic pain clinics cite surgery as the cause for their chronic pain. The …

Objective: This article aims to provide the first systematic review of enhanced recovery after
surgery (ERAS) programs for esophagectomy and generate guidelines. Background: ERAS …