Enhanced recovery after surgery is well established in specialties such as colorectal
surgery. It is achieved through the introduction of multiple evidence-based perioperative …

Importance Amid the current opioid epidemic in the United States, the enhanced recovery
after surgery pathway (ERAS) has emerged as one of the best strategies to improve the …

Most patients who undergo surgical procedures experience acute postoperative pain, but
evidence suggests that less than half report adequate postoperative pain relief. Many …

Video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery has become increasingly popular due to faster
recovery times and reduced postoperative pain compared with thoracotomy. However …

Adults age 65 and older (“older adults”) are the fastest growing segment of the United States
population, and their number is expected to double to 89 million between 2010 and 2050. 1 …

Although postoperative pain remains incompletely controlled in some settings, increased
understanding of its mechanisms and the development of several therapeutic approaches …

Objective Thoracotomy is one of the most painful surgical procedures. The aim of this study
was to assess the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block …

Background Operations on structures in the chest (usually the lungs) involve cutting
between the ribs (thoracotomy). Severe post‐thoracotomy pain can result from pleural (lung …

Study objective The erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a newly defined regional
anesthesia technique first introduced in 2016. The aim of this study is to determine its …

Local anesthetic injected into a wedge-shaped space lateral to the spinal nerves as they
emerge from the intervertebral foramina produces somatosensory and sympathetic nerve …