Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical operations and has such complications as pain, hemorrhage and laryngospasm. Pain management is of vital importance in order to reduce the suffering and restlessness in children having undergone tonsillectomy. Different studies differ in their findings as to the use of ketamine for postoperative analgesia. The aim of this study was ...

Pain after total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) is a major concern. Pain management is very important issue after TAH. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of intraperitoneal instillation of lidocaine for postoperative pain relief after TAH. A double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial was conducted on patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy in Al-zahra hospital from June 2007...

  Background: Our institution’s traditional pain management strategy after shoulder arthroplasty has involved the utilization of postoperative patient-controlled narcotic analgesia. More recently, we have implemented a protocol (TLC) that utilizes a multimodal approach. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this change has improved pain control and decreased narcotic utilization. ...

conclusions clonidine plus bupivacaine can increase the duration of motor and sensory block in arthroscopic cruciate ligament repair under spinal anesthesia. however, due to significant hemodynamic changes, further studies are required to determine a safer dose. results all patients were males with a mean age of 24.9 years in group b, and 25.2 years in group bc (p > 0.05). in group bc, time lap...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: the aim of this study was to compare the postoperative pain scores and morphine requirements between spinal anesthesia (sa) with hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% and general anesthesia (ga) with 1 minimal alveolar concentration (mac )of isoflurane in 50% n2o and o2 after elective lower abdominal surgery. materials and methods: in this randomi...