Mark C. Fletcher, DMD, MD*, Joseph F. Spera, DMD Private Practice, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 34 Dale Road, Suite 105, Avon, CT 06001, USA Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA The Maxwell S. Fogel Department of Dental Medicine, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 5501 Old York Road...

writing yet another editorial on pre-emptive analgesia when extensive editorials and reviews1–4 have been published within less than a year, and even in this Journal.5 In fact, pre-emptive analgesia is such a complex and controversial topic that it can be viewed from many different aspects. I would like to consider the significance of experimental results, like the ones reported by Nakamura and...

Introduction: Pre-emptive analgesia is expected to decrease post-operative pain. The degree of soft tissue release directly related preoperative deformity; we presume the severity pain has a similar correlation in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). main purpose this research was evaluate effects pre-emptive different drugs TKA with degrees genu varus. Methods: In prospective obs...

This study was an attempt to find out the efficacy of pre-emptive analgesia in reducing post-operative pain. Multiple pre-emptive therapies were used in an attempt to see its superiority over single preemption. Pain scores showed significant differences between the pre-emptive and non pre-emptive groups. Pethidine consumed by the pre-emptive non-recipient group was much higher. Patient’s satisf...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the effect of pre- vs postincisional low-dose iv ketamine on postoperative pain in outpatients scheduled for oral surgery under general anesthesia. METHODS Eighty-four patients were randomly assigned to receive intravenously saline before and after surgery in Group 1, ketamine 300 microg x kg(-1) iv before and saline after surgery in Group 2, saline...