STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective comparison of postoperative continuous epidural analgesia and patient-controlled analgesia following surgical treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES: T...
Systemic opioids and thoracic epidural analgesia are common techniques used to provide post-operative analgesia following thoracoscopy (video-assisted thoracic surgery). The aim of the present prospec...
SUMMARY: The aim of this study was to determine the quality of postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery using preoperative intravenous regional analgesia. After initial...
OBJECTIVE: To compare the analgesic efficiency, side effects and obstetrical repercussions of epidural analgesia (EP) and combined spinal-epidural analgesia (CSE). STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, randomize...
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of ropivacaine-fentanyl patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) with morphine intravenous (IV) patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). DESIGN: Prospective, ran...
Epidural analgesia in labour aims to provide high-quality pain relief of rapid onset and prolonged duration, while minimizing both maternal side-effects, particularly impairment of mobility, and impac...