introduction: opium addiction can change immune response to types of stress such as injury or trauma due to alterations in the in secretion status of cytokines in the body. in this study, effects of opium addiction on wound healing and post-operative adhesion bands were assessed after laparotomy. materials and methods: male rats (n=20) were randomly divided into opium addicted (documented with ...

background pain control in children is still a therapeutic dilemma. preschool patients are affected from undesirable effects of postoperative pain more than adults. tonsillectomy is associated with a high incidence of postoperative pain, not only complicating the recovery, but also delaying patients discharge. objectives despite employing different surgical and anesthetic strategies in post-ton...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries in the world and the most common problem is post-tonsillectomy pain and bleeding. The relief of postoperative pain helps increase early food intake and prevent secondary dehydration. One method for relieving pain is peritonsillar injection of epinephrine along with an anesthetic, which has been shown to produce variable results in ...

This retrospective study compared post-operative epidural analgesia (E), continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB) and morphine infusion (M) in 68 children undergoing limb reconstruction with circular frames. The data collected included episodes of severe pain, post-operative duration of analgesia, requirement for top-up analgesia, number of osteotomies, side effects and complications. There wa...

INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest causes acute abdomen encountered in surgical practice, requiring emergency surgery. Open appendicectomy by Grid Iron incision had been gold standard for many years. Laparoscopic technique provided an opportunity to explore new method management suspected cases appendicitis. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To compare laparoscopic and open terms intra-o...

A study conducted to assess the effectiveness of cold application on Pain & Anxiety during Chest Tube Removal (CTR) among post operative cardiac surgery adult patients. Pre-test post-test control group experimental design was used. Post operative cardiac surgery adult patient of the selected hospital of Delhi were selected. The study sample was purposive sampling technique with random assignmen...

In this study we hypothesised that anxiety/depression, one of five dimensions in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement tool EQ-5D, could predict outcome after total hip replacement surgery. Pre-operative and one-year post-operative data from the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register, including 6158 patients with primary osteoarthritis of the hip, were analysed. In order to examine ...