Distal targeting SRS provides significantly higher pain relief at 30 days compared to proximal targeting
Distal Targeting May Provide Faster Relief for Trigeminal Neuralgia
This meta-analysis of retrospective cohorts involving 1055 patients with trigeminal neuralgia evaluates distal versus proximal targeting in …
Distal targeting in stereotactic radiosurgery may offer faster pain relief for trigeminal neuralgia patients compared to proximal targeting …
Electroacupuncture Regimens May Improve Short-Term Response in Peripheral Facial Palsy
Electroacupuncture Shows Potential for Improving Facial Palsy Recovery
This meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials assessed electroacupuncture, alone or combined with conventional therapy, in 888 patients…
Electroacupuncture may improve recovery rates and facial function for people living with peripheral facial palsy.
Immunonutrition provides the strongest evidence for perioperative immune homeostasis in gastrointestinal cancer surgery
New Strategies May Improve Recovery After Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery
This mini review examines anesthetic techniques, opioid-sparing analgesia, and immunonutrition for patients undergoing major gastrointestina…
Specific anesthetic techniques and nutritional support may help manage inflammation and immune health for patients undergoing gastrointestin…
Gestational diabetes mellitus increases maternal and neonatal morbidity and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes
Gestational Diabetes Linked to Long Term Risks for Mothers and Babies
This meta-analysis and bibliometric analysis of data from Africa indicates that gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with adver…
Gestational diabetes is linked to complications for newborns and a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life for both mothers …
Erector Spinae Plane Block provides superior pain relief compared to Intercostal Nerve Block
Erector Spinae Plane Block Provides Better Pain Relief for Thoracic Surgery
This meta-analysis evaluates the analgesic efficacy of Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) versus Intercostal Nerve Block (ICNB) for patients …
A new nerve block technique may provide significantly better pain relief for patients undergoing thoracic surgery or chest wall trauma.
Comparing Eight Nerve Block Combinations and Local Infiltration Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Nerve Block Combination May Shorten Hospital Stays After Knee Surgery
A randomized trial evaluates whether an eight-nerve block technique reduces opioid consumption and hospital stay compared to standard LIA.
A new nerve block technique for knee replacement patients showed lower opioid use and shorter hospital stays compared to standard local inje…
Greater cumulative unmet social needs associated with higher pain intensity and interference in older adults
Unmet social needs like food and housing increase chronic pain
This observational study of pooled pre-intervention data from RCTs involved 438 midlife and older adults with chronic pain. Results showed t…
People facing multiple social challenges, such as lack of food or housing, experience more intense chronic pain and less confidence in manag…
Lidocaine-esketamine infusion reduces movement-evoked pain and opioid consumption in hepatic resection patients
New drug combination reduces pain after liver surgery
This randomized controlled trial of 304 patients undergoing elective hepatic resections found that a lidocaine-esketamine infusion significa…
A new mix of lidocaine and esketamine may lower pain and opioid use for patients recovering from liver surgery during the first three days.
Efficacy of Laparoscopic Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Management
LTAP block reduces early pain after gallbladder removal surgery
LTAP blocks significantly reduce early postoperative pain scores compared to port-site infiltration in patients undergoing laparoscopic chol…
A specific nerve block technique can significantly lower pain levels for patients during the first 24 hours after gallbladder surgery.
Efficacy of Perioperative Duloxetine for Pain Management in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Duloxetine may lower pain and opioid use after joint surgery
Meta-analysis of 1,176 patients indicates perioperative duloxetine significantly reduces pain scores and opioid consumption in hip and knee …
A new review suggests the medication duloxetine can reduce pain and opioid use for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement surgeries.
Hypnosis yields modest reductions in clinical pain compared to non-active controls in meta-analysis
Hypnosis provides modest pain relief compared to other therapies
This meta-analysis of 4572 patients with clinical pain found that hypnosis resulted in a modest reduction in pain intensity compared to non-…
Hypnosis can reduce pain intensity, but it does not perform better than relaxation or cognitive behavioral therapy.
Opioid-free perioperative regimens associated with lower pain scores and fewer side effects in hip arthroplasty
Opioid-free Pain Management Shows Better Results for Hip Surgery Patients
This meta-analysis of 1681 patients found that opioid-free perioperative regimens resulted in lower movement and resting VAS pain scores com…
Patients undergoing hip replacement may experience less pain and fewer side effects when managed with opioid-free medication plans after sur…
All Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Articles
- Distal targeting SRS provides significantly higher pain relief at 30 days compared to proximal targeting
- Immunonutrition provides the strongest evidence for perioperative immune homeostasis in gastrointestinal cancer surgery
- Gestational diabetes mellitus increases maternal and neonatal morbidity and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes
- Electroacupuncture Regimens May Improve Short-Term Response in Peripheral Facial Palsy
- Erector Spinae Plane Block provides superior pain relief compared to Intercostal Nerve Block
- Comparing Eight Nerve Block Combinations and Local Infiltration Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Greater cumulative unmet social needs associated with higher pain intensity and interference in older adults
- Lidocaine-esketamine infusion reduces movement-evoked pain and opioid consumption in hepatic resection patients
- Stimulant use is associated with increased social needs and severity in patients with opioid use disorder
- Efficacy of Laparoscopic Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Management
- Programmed intermittent boluses of ropivacaine do not reduce opioid consumption compared to continuous infusion
- Sabin-derived inactivated poliovirus vaccine shows comparable safety to conventional IPV in adult booster recipients
- Efficacy of Perioperative Duloxetine for Pain Management in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
- Hypnosis yields modest reductions in clinical pain compared to non-active controls in meta-analysis
- Ozone injections are more effective than corticosteroids for short and medium term pain in knee osteoarthritis
- Opioid-free perioperative regimens associated with lower pain scores and fewer side effects in hip arthroplasty
- Virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety in children undergoing emergency procedures
- Intrauterine lidocaine significantly reduces pain during IUD insertion in nulliparous and parous women
- Intravenous dexamethasone is most effective for reducing rebound pain after peripheral nerve blocks
- Pain neuroscience education reduces pain intensity in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions
- Nerve Block Eases Neurogenic Cough in Meta-Analysis
- 4% articaine improves anaesthetic success rates compared to 2% lidocaine in children with MIH
- Multi-scale framework of technologies provides a roadmap for investigating mechanisms of force-based manipulations
- Poorly supported operating room environments compromise nurse wellbeing and professional performance through multiple stressors
- Parathyroidectomy and hypercalcemia management may improve outcomes in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
- Low back pain affects 53% of Africans at any point, 75% annually
- Perioperative regional nerve blocks reduce postoperative pain scores after robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy
- Opioid receptor agonist-antagonists may improve analgesia and safety when co-administered with full mu-opioid agonists
- Transforaminal epidural steroid injections provide superior pain and disability relief compared to interlaminar techniques
- Exosomes are safe for knee osteoarthritis but show no superiority over placebo in one trial
- Hydrolyzed collagen peptides show a cautious signal for improving pain and function in tendon injuries
- Pain may precede Parkinson's diagnosis, affecting up to 59% before motor symptoms
- Serratus anterior plane block reduces postoperative nausea and opioid consumption after surgery under general anesthesia
- Spinal cord stimulation research skewed by region and industry funding, meta-analysis finds
- Manual acupuncture and sham therapies both reduce pain intensity in tension-type headache patients
- ECAP-controlled closed-loop spinal cord stimulation provides 90% overall pain relief for neuropathic pain
- Spinal cord stimulation with medical management reduces pain intensity in painful diabetic neuropathy
- Live, robotic, and picture parrot therapies reduce venipuncture pain in adults with chronic illness
- Opioid Safety Toolkit increases naloxone requests (OR 2.5) and overdose knowledge compared to standard information
- Comparative Efficacy of Neuromodulation Techniques for Managing Chronic Herpes Zoster Pain
- Perineural dexmedetomidine combined with ropivacaine reduces pain and hospital stay after VATS
- Thermal RFA reduces pain more than steroid injections in facet joint syndrome, but effect may not be clinically meaningful
- Nursing students answer only 45% of pain management knowledge questions correctly
- Virtual reality reduces pain intensity and heart rate in pediatric patients with burns
- Dexmedetomidine added to TAP block reduces tramadol consumption and pain scores during cesarean section
- Opium use and disorder prevalence remains high among Iranian men despite declining trends in students
- External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block reduces postoperative opioid consumption by 19.55 mg compared to standard analgesia
- Immersive virtual reality reduces pain and disability in patients with chronic neck pain
- Opioids provide clinically important pain relief for short durations but lack long-term efficacy in osteoarthritis
- Community engagement and health system strengthening facilitate maternal and child health services for Somali IDPs
- Nerve decompressive surgery of the lower limbs reduces pain scores in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- Warming-dredging acupuncture significantly improves pain relief rates for patients with cancer-related pain
- ERAS protocols for scoliosis surgery are planned for evaluation in a systematic review meta-analysis
- Pain assessment guidelines for cognitively impaired older adults lack practical detail
- Surgical removal of an ectopic tooth and associated cyst resolves symptoms of unilateral sinusitis
- Natural products modulate non-apoptotic cell death to bypass apoptotic blockades in cancer
- Herbal Medicinal Bath shows stable efficacy for chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus in network meta-analysis
- Spatio-temporal graph neural networks improve prediction accuracy and interpretability for regional disease risk modeling
- VR-assisted physiotherapy improves pain, function, and balance in knee osteoarthritis
- Remifentanil lowers maternal mean arterial pressure at intubation but may decrease 1-minute Apgar scores
- Peripheral nerve stimulation significantly reduces tremor intensity and functional disability in essential tremor
- Classical conditioning enhances engagement of pain modulation regions compared to verbal suggestion alone
- PEID reduces operative time and fluoroscopy frequency compared to PETD for L5/S1 disc herniation
- Epidural analgesia may reduce pain during movement after laparoscopic abdominal surgery compared to PCIA
- Quadratus lumborum block reduces 24-h morphine consumption by 3.19 mg in cesarean section patients
- Perioperative magnesium sulfate reduces pain scores and opioid consumption following spinal or neurological surgery
- Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy reduces pain and opioid consumption in patients with severe cancer pain
- Empowered Relief trial evaluates if 1-session intervention is non-inferior to 8-session CBT for chronic pain
- Methadone shows significantly higher treatment retention than buprenorphine-naloxone in patients with Opioid Use Disorder
- Esketamine reduces 3-month postpartum depression incidence from 20.89% to 11.59% in primiparae
- Nitrous oxide reduces pain and improves completion rates in office hysteroscopy
- Opioid Wizard tool increases primary care clinician confidence in screening, diagnosing, and referring patients for OUD
- Intraoperative surgeon-performed adductor canal blocks are non-inferior to anesthesiologist-performed blocks for TKA discharge
- Mood disorders and benzodiazepine use increase risk for new persistent opioid use in postsurgical adults
- Tegileridine provides superior analgesic efficacy over placebo for postoperative acute pain with a favorable safety profile
- Tai Chi significantly reduces pain and improves functional disability in chronic non-specific low back pain
- Intermittent hypoxia-hyperoxia therapy significantly improves pain and functional mobility in musculoskeletal dysfunctions
- TENS reduces pain (MD -0.82) and improves muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Percutaneous electrolysis provides superior pain reduction compared to baseline care in lateral epicondylitis
- Trial protocol evaluates three liposomal bupivacaine concentrations for superior trunk block in rotator cuff repair
- Suture-less closure may reduce pain and swelling after mandibular third molar extraction
- Meta Analysis Evaluating Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Cognitive Enhancement
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation may increase network flexibility to address chronic pain through triple-network interactions
- Peripheral nerve blocks reduce 24-hour morphine use by 16.20 mg in kidney transplant recipients
- Blood flow restriction exercise may reduce pain through metabolic and neurological pathways for musculoskeletal injuries
- Fibromyalgia as an oncology comorbidity increases symptom burden and impairs treatment adherence
- Intercostal nerve cryoablation reduces inpatient opioid consumption by 102 morphine milligram equivalents
- Botulinum toxin type A as an add-on improves scar appearance scores in multimodal management
- Liposomal bupivacaine reduces 24-hour resting pain scores by 1.04 points in brachial plexus blocks
- High-dose buprenorphine induction protocol for Opioid Use Disorder in emergency department settings
- Vapocoolant spray reduces pain scores by Cohen's d -0.30 to -0.48 in critically ill adults during arterial puncture
- Descending pain modulation hubs and cortical influences: a narrative review of mechanisms and therapies
- Transversus abdominis plane block reduces morphine use and pain after kidney removal surgery in patients
- Function-oriented, neuroscience-based approaches improve pain and function in older adults with chronic spinal pain
- Systematic review finds aerobic exercise combined with other therapies helps reduce neck pain intensity and improve physical function in adults
- Laparoscopic-endoscopic cooperative surgery achieves R0 resection in gastric synovial sarcoma with no recurrence at nine months
- Whole health team intervention reduced pain interference by 0.58 points versus cognitive behavioral therapy in VA patients
- General anesthesia with reduced rocuronium and sugammadex reversal safely enabled cesarean section in a patient with inclusion body myositis
- Immersive VR reduces pain and anxiety in obstetric procedures
- Systematic review finds ketamine offers no pain advantage over opioids in prehospital trauma care settings
- Intercostal nerve cryoablation reduces length of stay by 2.2 days in pediatric pectus excavatum surgery compared to standard care
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation cuts neuropathic pain intensity with large effect in meta-analysis
- Hypnotic communication cuts post-ABG pain intensity beta = -0.97 in ED patients
- Dexmedetomidine plus sufentanil cuts postoperative delirium risk to 4.9% vs 15.28% with sufentanil alone
- Laughter therapy shows large anxiety reduction and moderate pain relief in children
- Wound infusion catheter shortens hospital stay and provides comparable analgesia to epidural after laparotomy
- Massage or music listening reduces pain severity in ICU patients within 48 hours after cardiac surgery
- Infrared irradiation reduces postpartum pain after episiotomy, but low-level laser therapy shows no benefit
- Superficial parasternal intercostal plane block reduces 24-hour morphine use by 8.53 mg in cardiac surgery patients
- Mobility strategies during labor significantly shorten stages and reduce cesarean rates in women receiving low-dose epidural analgesia
- Intrauterine lidocaine reduces pain during hysteroscope insertion and improves patient satisfaction
- AI and machine learning improve patient selection and outcomes in spinal cord stimulation
- Electroacupuncture alleviates pain in patients with temporomandibular disorder while maintaining a good safety record
- Electroacupuncture with intradermal needles for Bell's palsy shows no overall benefit but may help severe cases
- Qualitative review of early child care policies in Kenya highlights implementation gaps and resource needs
- Perioperative nefopam failed to lower morphine needs or pain scores in spine surgery patients undergoing randomised trials
- Narrative synthesis on liposomal bupivacaine for autologous breast reconstruction pain
- Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine reduces cancer pain intensity compared to usual care in a meta-analysis of 884 patients
- Meta-analysis shows PENG+LFCN block reduces pain and weakness versus FICB in hip surgery ERAS pathways
- Narrative review discusses multimodal strategies for rebound pain after extremity fracture surgery
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of olive-derived compounds for osteoarthritis pain
- Acupuncture plus usual care did not improve acute musculoskeletal pain at 1 month
- Laparoscopic assisted TAP block reduces morphine consumption after elective minimally invasive colon surgery
- Meta-analysis shows association between ganglion impar blocks and coccydynia pain reduction
- Meta-analysis shows preoperative COX-2 inhibitors and gabapentin reduce opioid use after arthroscopic surgery
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of gestational diabetes prevalence in African populations
- Network meta-analysis compares analgesic techniques for upper GI surgery pain
- Low-frequency TENS with vocal exercises may improve vocal quality in women with vocal nodules
- Single photobiomodulation session fails to reduce perineal trauma pain in postpartum women
- Adding dexmedetomidine to dexamethasone does not prolong analgesia in upper limb surgery
- Reflexology hand massage reduces pain and anxiety after coronary angiography
- Eye-transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation reduced myopia incidence in children aged 6 to 12 years compared with sham stimulation
- Intranasal naloxone reverses opioid-induced respiratory depression in opioid-naive and daily users within 2 to 17 minutes
- High- and low-intensity acupuncture improved pain in chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciitis versus waitlist control
- Nurse-led rehabilitation reduced pain and improved wound healing in noncomplex burn injuries compared to routine care
- Meta-analysis shows methadone exposure linked to higher NAS incidence and treatment needs versus buprenorphine in pregnant women
- Meta-analysis of VR for pain in pediatric ED patients shows mixed results
- Systematic review finds no convincing evidence linking neuraxial labour analgesia to neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring
- Systematic review and meta-analysis shows nonsignificant pain reduction with XR in children
- Kinesio Taping Plus Stretching Improves Pain and Function in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Narrative review discusses link between diamine oxidase deficiency and fibromyalgia pathophysiology
- Narrative review identifies determinants of susceptibility to digital health misinformation
- Acupuncture and Celecoxib for Chronic Knee Pain: Genetic Factors May Influence Response
- Feedback-regulated background infusion reduces postoperative nausea and vomiting in laparoscopic myomectomy patients
- Meta-analysis finds Eat-Sleep-Console care reduces neonatal opioid withdrawal hospital stay
- FAPI PET/CT Shows Higher Sensitivity for Lymph Node Metastases in Breast Cancer
- Propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia show divergent EEG signatures in retrospective surgical patient analysis
- Meta-analysis finds core muscle training reduces pain in chronic nonspecific low back pain patients
- Review indicates non-thermal processing maintains antioxidant capacity and improves bioavailability versus thermal methods
- Bibliometric review of anesthesia-associated postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients from 2000 to 2024
- Meta-analysis finds TEAS reduces PONV after laparoscopic surgery
- taVNS with ropivacaine block reduces chronic postsurgical pain after off-pump CABG in elderly patients
- In a cohort of 561 individuals with chronic pain, sex and gender identity influenced repeated prescription refill odds
- Narrative review explores strategies to prevent CAR-T cell exhaustion in treatment-resistant non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Office-based holmium-YAG TULA shows feasibility and safety for recurrent NMIBC in a high-risk cohort
- TEAS at PC6 during hepatectomy does not reduce PONV incidence within 24 hours
- Meta-analysis of Traditional Chinese Exercise for nonspecific low back pain in 3,054 patients
- Rotational effleurage and connective tissue massage reduced labor pain compared to routine care in primiparous women
- High-volume PENG block with dexamethasone showed no analgesic advantage over conventional volume in primary total hip arthroplasty
- Electroacupuncture with Pelvic Floor Training Reduces Stress Urinary Incontinence Leakage
- Meta-analysis shows floating needle therapy improves postpartum pain and incontinence outcomes in China
- Repeated conditioned pain modulation exposure linked to higher heat pain thresholds in healthy adults
- Meta-analysis shows dexmedetomidine lowers mean arterial pressure compared to midazolam-fentanyl in surgical patients
- Review synthesizes rTMS and tDCS efficacy for neuropathic orofacial pain management
- Memantine reduces opioid use but not pain in knee osteoarthritis patients after surgery
- Systematic review of neuropathic pain trials reveals high prevalence of restrictive exclusion criteria
- Review finds TCM stroke trials less likely to define primary outcomes and report safety than Western medicine trials
- Mobile app engagement and perceived usefulness in adult primary care patients with chronic pain
- Advanced monitoring tools may aid insertion timing in painless gastroscopy compared to traditional indicators
- Palm stimulator and cartoon reduce pain and fear during IV catheterization in children aged 5-12
- Mechanism-oriented interventions show promising results for taxane-induced neuropathic pain in breast cancer survivors
- Sleeve-fundoplication without gastric resection reduces GERD incidence versus sleeve gastrectomy in obese rat model
- Vonoprazan-based regimens show higher H. pylori eradication rates than rabeprazole dual therapy in Chinese cohort
- Network meta-analysis compares 155 analgesic regimens for pain after knee and hip arthroplasty
- PENG block with bupivacaine reduces early POCD incidence after hip arthroplasty in older patients
- Intramuscular quadratus lumborum block improves post-cesarean analgesia compared to anterior approach
- Suprascapular Nerve Block Added to Steroid Injection Shows Early Pain Benefit in Adhesive Capsulitis
- Peer navigators provide direct, informational, and facilitation support for OUD during community re-entry
- TTNS plus behavior therapy reduces urgency and nocturia in older women with OAB
- Pilot trial finds acute taVNS effects on blood pressure differ by stimulation site and hypertension status
- Pilot RCT finds mindfulness intervention feasible for chronic pain in cancer survivors
- Intraoperative ESP block yields higher postoperative recovery scores than preoperative block in lumbar disk hernioplasty
- Pilot RCT finds non-significant pain reduction with ESPB ropivacaine versus saline for ureteral stones
- Oliceridine PCA non-inferior to sufentanil for knee arthroplasty pain, with lower nausea and vomiting
- TEAS reduces wrinkle scores and improves patient-reported facial aging outcomes in 90-participant RCT
- Two-week active tsDCS improved RLS symptoms and neurophysiological measures versus sham in a small RCT
- Costoclavicular Nerve Block Shows Faster Onset Than Infraclavicular Block in Upper Limb Surgeries
- Exercise with taping or orthoses reduces hallux valgus angle and pain in mild-to-moderate cases
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation May Reduce Pain and Improve Sleep After Open Heart Surgery
- Antibiotic duration and type associated with chronic post-amputation pain in military cohort
- Carbamazepine linked to lower postoperative pain scores in tentorial meningioma resection
- Acupuncture and massage reduced pain in AYA cancer patients in small RCT subgroup analysis
- Lifetime opioid overdose reported by 55% of pregnant individuals with OUD in buprenorphine treatment study
- Hypnotic cognitive therapy reduces pain intensity in adults with spinal cord injury
- Auditory distraction and VR reduce pain during burn dressing changes in adults receiving morphine
- VR application reduced pain and increased comfort after thyroid or parathyroid surgery in small RCT
- Mini-review summarizes AI applications for cancer pain assessment and management
- Narrative review describes bidirectional relationship between sarcopenia and pain in older adults
- Observational pain tools show utility for non-verbal children with neurocognitive impairment
- Health education programs added to fibromyalgia care reduce pain and improve quality of life in meta-analysis