Prevention of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal syndrome: successful use of a temporary intrathecal catheter.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sacroiliac joint injections are frequently performed procedures in the management of acute and chronic low-back pain, including patients with various immunocompromised states. Infectious complications following these procedures along with other spinal injections are rarely reported, but the true incidence is ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Nagpal G,Flaherty JP,Benzon HT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We wished to determine which long-acting local anesthetic would produce the least pain on injection for treatment of myofascial pain disorders. We compared the pain on intramuscular injection of bupivacaine, ropivacaine, bupivacaine with dexamethasone, ropivacaine with dexamethasone, and needl...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Krishnan SK,Benzon HT,Siddiqui T,Canlas B

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neurologic injury after regional anesthesia or pain medicine procedures is rare. Postprocedural neurologic deficits may create high levels of anxiety for the patient and practitioner, although most deficits are limited in severity and can be expected to fully resolve with time. Postoperative anesthesia-relat...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Watson JC,Huntoon MA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:There is a need for local anesthetics that provide consistent analgesia through 72 hours after surgery. This study evaluates the use of HTX-011 (bupivacaine and meloxicam in Biochronomerpolymer technology), an extended-release, dual-acting local anesthetic, in reducing both postoperative pain ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Viscusi E,Gimbel JS,Pollack RA,Hu J,Lee GC

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The current intensity at which a motor response is elicited with an intraneural needle placement has been inadequately studied. We hypothesized that electrical current delivered through an intraneurally placed needle does not always result in an evoked motor response. Our secondary objective w...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Tsai TP,Vuckovic I,Dilberovic F,Obhodzas M,Kapur E,Divanovic KA,Hadzic A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article qualitatively assesses and summarizes randomized, controlled studies regarding benefits of ultrasound (US) for brachial plexus block and also examines those studies that have compared different brachial plexus block techniques using US.Studies were identified by a search of PUBMED and EMBASE databases usi...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： McCartney CJ,Lin L,Shastri U

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We present a case of reappearance of spinal anesthesia despite the use of plain (isobaric) lidocaine and without an associated cough or Valsalva maneuver. CASE REPORT:A 66-year-old man had spinal anesthesia for knee arthroscopy. Two hours after the induction of spinal anesthesia and after the patient's motor...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Deleon AM,Benzon HT,Eisenman TS,Doty RA Jr,Newell B,McLaughlin K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Anesthesia and analgesia with paravertebral block are reportedly variable. Existence of an endothoracic fascia has been proposed as one of the possible mechanisms leading to variability. We undertook an electron-microscopy imaging study to investigate the endothoracic fascia in the thoracic pa...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Stopar Pintaric T,Veranic P,Hadzic A,Karmakar M,Cvetko E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No studies have examined the long-term benefits of regional anesthesia (RA) for pain management after combat-related injury. The objective of this prospective cohort study was to examine the relationship between RA administration and patient-reported pain-related outcomes among Operation Enduring Freedom (OE...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Gallagher RM,Polomano RC,Giordano NA,Farrar JT,Guo W,Taylor L,Oslin D,Goff BJ,Buckenmaier CC

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We tested the hypothesis that an opioid-free local anesthetic alone is able to provide comparable analgesia to the opioid supplemented epidural application of local anesthetics using thoracic epidural catheters after major abdominal surgery. METHODS:In a prospective, randomized, and double-bl...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Gottschalk A,Freitag M,Burmeister MA,Becker C,Horn EP,Standl T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Amputations of the lower extremity remain a common procedure in a high-risk population. Perioperative morbidity and mortality reach as high as 14.1% in below-knee amputations. We aimed to determine whether regional, or neuraxial, anesthesia, when compared with general anesthesia (GA), would be...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Malik O,Brovman EY,Urman RD

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Despite ultrasound (US) guidance, sciatic nerve block (SNB) remains among the least performed peripheral blocks. By targeting the tissue plane between the gluteus maximus and quadratus femoris muscles, the US-guided subgluteal space technique may facilitate the performance of US-guided SNB. We...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Abdallah FW,Chan VW,Koshkin A,Abbas S,Brull R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We present 2 case reports that illustrate that chronic intrathecal (IT) baclofen administration may be efficacious in treating patients with long-standing complex regional pain syndrome, type I (CRPS I) who have failed treatment with multiple drugs and procedures. CASE REPORTS:Both cases pres...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Zuniga RE,Perera S,Abram SE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March of 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, ushering in an era of health care reform. Section 6002 of the bill, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biological therapeutics, and medical supplies to disclose to the Cen...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Dickerson DM,Naidu RK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Continuous brachial plexus blocks at the interscalene level are associated with known diaphragm dysfunction from phrenic nerve paresis. More distal blocks along the brachial plexus may provide postsurgical analgesia while potentially having less effect on diaphragm function. Continuous intersc...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Auyong DB,Yuan SC,Choi DS,Pahang JA,Slee AE,Hanson NA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The majority of intrathecal pumps are implanted by anesthesiologists. Despite a recent increase in case reports involving intrathecal catheter-tip inflammatory masses, this complication is rarely reported in the anesthesiology literature. The present case report describes a patient with spinal cord compressi...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Peng P,Massicotte EM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Stimulation of the radial nerve at the axilla may cause either a proximal movement (forearm extension) or distal movements (supination, wrist or finger extension). In the most recent studies on axillary block, only a distal twitch was accepted as valid. However, this approach was based only on...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Sia S,Lepri A,Magherini M,Doni L,Di Marco P,Gritti G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:We have investigated how the vascular components of the spine determine the resistance and capacitance of the spinal epidural space and determined the magnitude of the longitudinal pressure gradient in the space during fluid infusion. METHODS:Pigs were studied during isoflurane anesthesia. Tu...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Blix EU,Buffington CW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although uncommon, residual effects from contrast agents used more than 2 decades ago are possible. This case report is to alert clinicians to the implications of residual oil-based ionic contrast agents in the intrathecal space. CASE REPORT:A 70-year-old female with evidence of degenerative disc disease und...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Navani A,Dominguez CL,Hald JK,Fishman SM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dorsal root ganglion stimulation is an emerging therapy in the treatment of chronic pain. Compared with traditional spinal cord stimulation, it allows a discretely targeted stimulation profile and may act via differing mechanisms of action. Despite these advantages, little is known about the c...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Sivanesan E,Bicket MC,Cohen SP

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder surgery is associated with significant postoperative pain in many patients. The use of an interscalene nerve block offers good analgesia but is associated with a high incidence of an ipsilateral phrenic nerve block. Several strategies to avoid this adverse effect have been studied. Possible strategies are (1)...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Verelst P,van Zundert A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Certain factors, such as intervertebral disc herniation, previous spinal surgery, and osteoarthritis may cause problems during the midline epidural procedure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the placement of the needle tip in an alternative paramedian approach in a cadaver, and ra...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Boon JM,Prinsloo E,Raath RP

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 outbreak is on the world. While many countries have imposed general lockdown, emergency services are continuing. Healthcare professionals have been infected with the virulent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS), which spreads by close contact and aerosols. The anesthesiologist is partic...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Ashokka B,Chakraborty A,Subramanian BJ,Karmakar MK,Chan V

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Continuous spinal anesthesia via a spinal catheter allows adjusting the duration and extent of anesthesia to surgical needs, maintenance of hemodynamic stability, and good postoperative analgesia. This study was designed to determine the median effective local anesthetic dose of plain ropivaca...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Michalek-Sauberer A,Kozek-Langenecker SA,Heinzl H,Deusch E,Chiari A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of ultrasound to facilitate regional anesthesia is an evolving area of clinical, education, and research interests. As our community's experience grows, it has become evident that anesthesiologists performing "routine" ultrasound-guided blocks may very well be confronted with atypical or even pathologic anatom...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Sites BD,Macfarlane AJ,Sites VR,Naraghi AM,Chan VW,Antonakakis JG,Singh M,Brull R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Robotic and hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomies are often associated with moderate to severe postoperative pain. The aim of the current study was to investigate the analgesic efficacy of the transmuscular quadratus lumborum (TQL) block for patients undergoing robotic or hand-assisted laparoscopic nephre...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Dam M,Hansen C,Poulsen TD,Azawi NH,Laier GH,Wolmarans M,Chan V,Bendtsen TF,Børglum J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a postural headache syndrome unrelated to dural puncture. Due to the apparent failure of epidural blood patch to relieve headache in spontaneous intracranial hypotension, we investigated the epidemiologic features and treatment outcomes of this condition...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Diaz JH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:S(-)-Bupivacaine has the pharmacotoxicological advantage over its antipode and racemate. The interaction with lipid membranes was compared between S(-)-, R(+)- and racemic bupivacaine. METHODS:The bupivacaine-induced changes in membrane property were determined by turbidity and fluorescence p...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Mizogami M,Tsuchiya H,Ueno T,Kashimata M,Takakura K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Demand is growing for objective assessment of manual skills and competencies of invasive procedures. The aim of this study was to validate an objective tool for assessing residents' skill in performing epidural anesthesia by use of a global assessment scale and a 3-scale, 27-stage checklist. W...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Friedman Z,Katznelson R,Devito I,Siddiqui M,Chan V

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Radiofrequency (RF) lesions are safe and effective in the treatment of spine pain; however, models developed to study factors affecting lesion dimensions have been performed in homogeneous media that may not accurately simulate human anatomy and electrophysiology. We present a novel ex vivo po...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Eckmann MS,Martinez MA,Lindauer S,Khan A,Ramamurthy S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00