BACKGROUND A growing proportion of veterans treated at the Veterans Health Administration (VA) have a history of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD), and there exists a higher rate of PTSD amongst veterans than the general population. The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between PTSD and intra-operative analgesia, intra-operative time, and anesthesia type for cataract sur...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients report similar or better pain and function before revision hip arthroplasty than before primary arthroplasty but worse results are reported after revision surgery than after primary surgery. The trajectory of post-operative recovery during the first months and any differences by type of surgery have received little attention. We explored the trajectories of chang...

Objective: To measure the intensity of post-operative pain after using two techniques for root canal treatment.
 Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.
 Place and Duration: Operative Dentistry Department, Fatima Jinnah Dental College, Karachi Pakistan, from May to Oct 2019.
 Methodology: The study was conducted on 60 patients referred Department Endodontic, College. Enrolled wer...

BACKGROUND Major shoulder surgery often results in severe post-operative pain and a variety of interventions have been developed in an attempt to address this. The continuous slow infusion of a local anaesthetic directly into the operative site has recently gained popularity but it is expensive and as yet there is little conclusive evidence that it provides additional benefits over other method...

BACKGROUND The Le7 acupoint had been known as an acupoint for reducing pain of appendicitis. However, no study on the effect of its acupressure on post-appendectomy pain is available. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of acupressure of Le7 acupoint on pain, nausea, and vomiting after appendectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A single-blind randomized controlled trial was condu...

OBJECTIVE To test the effect of cognitive interventions with information given pre-operatively on post-operative outcomes in Chinese women undergoing elective hysterectomies. DESIGN An experimental design. The experimental group (n=48) received cognitive distraction and cognitive reappraisal with information, the control group (n=48) received information only. OUTCOME MEASURES Post-operativ...

The efficacy of a multimodal analgesic approach for ligation excision haemorrhoidectomy was evaluated in a prospective series of 62 patients. Opioid was given as intravenous fentanyl intra-operatively, as part of a standardised general anaesthetic technique, followed by post-operative parenteral fentanyl or oral oxycodone as required. Pre-emptive local anaesthesia was provided via ischiorectal ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect on postoperative pain after local application of bupivacaine in the tonsillar fossa. METHODS Seventy two patients were recruited in this prospective single blind controlled trial. There were 45 females and 27 males between the ages of 7 and 35 years. After tonsillectomy the right tonsillar fossae (subject fossae) were packed with tonsillar gauze soaked in 2 mls ...

This experimental study aimed to evaluate 20 descriptors of the post-operative pain considering the adequate level of each in describing it. A total of 48 post-operated patients, age between 14 and 70 years old, 60.4% male, participated in the experiment. They judged the descriptors through the Magnitude Estimation Method aiming to qualify and select those with the highest and lowest frequency ...