Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the results of carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Methods: Thirty six patients (11 men, 25 women) with refractory TN underwent peripheral nerve ablation with CO2 laser using low power defocused mode. Pain intensity was determined by numerical rating scales at preoperation, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1...

Chronic pain after surgery has until recently been a neglected topic. The extent of the problem ®rst came to light in a survey of patients attending pain clinics in Scotland and the north of England. This survey showed that about 20% of patients attending chronic pain clinics implicated surgery as one of the causes of their chronic pain and, in about half of these, it was the sole cause. An ext...

background: despite the development of pediatric post-operative pain management and use of analgesic/narcotic drugs, post-operative pain remains as a common problem. some studies suggested, the most effective approach to controlling immediate post-operative pain may include a combination of drug agents and non-drug methods. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of music therapy on...

post-operative pain and its management remains one of the most important issues in the field of surgery and health care system. on the other hand, opioid drug abuse has a large prevalence in iran. formalin test has been used as a method for assessing pain and analgesia in rats. in the present study, the post-operative pain in morphine addicted rats was compared with that of non-addicted ones us...

BACKGROUND We examined the impact of the number of veins ligated during varicocelectomy on post-surgical improvement of pain in a group of men presenting with clinical varicocele and pain as an indication for surgery. METHODS This is a retrospective study of patients presenting with clinical left varicocele to the male infertility unit at a teaching hospital in Qatar. Files of all patients wh...

The objective of this study was to compare the intraoperative time, intraoperative blood loss and post operative pain between coblation tonsillectomy and cold tonsillectomy in the same patient. A prospective single blind control trial was carried out on 34 patients whom underwent tonsillectomy. The patients with known bleeding disorder, history of unilateral peritonsillar abscess and unilateral...

Introduction: Self-efficacy affects the ability to perform early mobilization in patients after digestive surgery. The characteristics of pain are different and major surgical pain. Pain can effect self-efficacy mobilization. purpose this study is analyze relationship between post-surgical patients.Methods: used a correlation descriptive design with cross sectional approach total sample 62 post...

OBJECTIVE To investigate changes of quality of life (QOL) of patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) after gastric tube anastomosis. METHODS From January 2009 to December 2011, eighty-seven patients with Types II and III AEG were selected for gastric tube reconstruction after proximal gastrectomy. The QOL of the patients was assessed using the Chinese versions of th...

introduction : surgical removal of inferior third molar tooth is associated with post-operative complications such as pain, trismus and edema. decreasing the post-operative inflammation and edema is one of the important goals in drug administration. for management of post-operative pain, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) and opioids can be administered. c-reactive protein (crp) is o...

Background: Although yoga is increasingly being provided to active duty soldiers and veterans, studies with military populations are limited and effects on chronic pain are largely unknown. We reviewed the existing body of literature and provide recommendations for future research. Methods: We conducted a literature review of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, Web of Science, Science Cita...