Higher levels of total testosterone were found to be associated with reduced pain intensity in the operated knee of patients who underwent total knee replacement for severe knee osteoarthritis.
Opioids do not provide improved pain control following a vasectomy and may be tied to a higher risk for persistent use.
Several nonsurgical perioperative interventions may help prevent the development of chronic pain after primary total knee replacement for osteoarthritis.
Subcutaneous peri-incisional injections of onabotulinum toxinA may represent an effective approach for alleviating chronic head pain associated with lateral skull base surgery and temporoparietal fascial flap harvest.
A set of factors was found to be associated with greater opioid consumption after major surgery.
Preoperative cannabinoid use in patients undergoing major orthopedic surgery may be associated with greater postoperative pain intensity.
For children undergoing tonsillectomy, having perioperative opioid fills is not associated with return visits for pain or dehydration.
Local infiltration analgesia with 0.2% ropivacaine may not improve recovery 1 day after anterior total hip arthroplasty surgery in adult patients with osteoarthritis.
Spinal anesthetic failure in patients undergoing elective hip and knee joint arthroplasty was associated with younger age, lower body mass index, needle insertion site, and needle size.
Administration of epidural morphine during single-injection femoral nerve block may improve pain and quality of life in patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty.
