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Reuters Health Opioids account for more than 90 percent of the painkillers used after plastic surgery, according to a U.S. study that questions how often these addictive narcotics are necessary to ease discomfort after operations. Researchers examined data on 466,677 people who had plastic and reconstructive procedures for the nose, eye, breast, abdomen or soft […]
Read MoreAuthor: Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. To examine the differences in managing pain between oral and intravenous acetaminophen, a team from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York conducted a study of 154 total hip arthroplasty patients—some of whom received either IV or oral acetaminophen. Their work, “IV vs. Oral Acetaminophen as A Component of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Romain Niessen BMC Anesthesiology 201818:18 Background Elderly patients are at high risk for postoperative complications and increased mortality after hip fracture (HF) surgery due to frailty and co-morbidities. The prediction of postoperative outcome could be used for clinical decision making. A reliable score to predict postoperative mortality after HF surgery in this sub-population remains […]
Read MoreResearchers from New York have examined the role of the adductor canal block in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Their study “Adductor Canal Block Compared with Periarticular Bupivacaine Injection for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Trial” appears in the July 2018 edition of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. According to the study authors, “One […]
Read MoreFirst study to show benefit of a comprehensive ERAS pathway in spine and peripheral nerve surgery patients UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE A novel “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery” (ERAS) protocol developed by Penn Medicine for patients undergoing spinal and peripheral nerve surgery significantly reduced opioid use. A new study published in the Journal of […]
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