Background: Inguinal hernia repair is a common surgical procedure, and different types of
anesthetic techniques are in use. We wanted to test if preoperative inguinal field block (IFB) …

Several reports have suggested that preoperative nociceptive block may reduce
postoperative pain, analgesic requirements, or both, beyond the anticipated duration of …

Background: Limiting postoperative pain and minimizing systemic narcotic complications are
important considerations in foot and ankle surgery to maximize patient comfort and promote …

Background: By choosing spinal anaesthesia instead of general anaesthesia, and by
infiltrating the wound area with local anaesthetic the need for postoperative analgesics may …

There has been a tremendous amount of progress in the perioperative approach to the child
since Levy wrote" Psychic trauma of operations in children and a note on combat neurosis" …

OBJECTIVE: The study goal was to determine whether the combination of dexamethasone
with preemptive analgesia has an additive effect in further improving recovery. STUDY …

Background and Objectives The effectiveness of local anesthetic wound infiltration for
treatment of postoperative pain appears to be variable and partly dependent on the surgical …

In pain control after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, subhepatic administration of bupivacaine
immediately after the creation of pneumoperitoneum has been shown to be more effective …

Peripheral neuronal barrage from tissue injury produces central nervous system changes
that contribute to the maintenance of postoperative pain. The therapeutic approaches to …

Background Recent evidence has suggested that the timing of administration of analgesic
drugs could influence their efficacy by reducing the sensitization of the nervous system …