Active clinical trials for "Pain, Postoperative"

Recovery after major abdominal surgery can be longer than other types of surgery. This is because often after abdominal surgery, the bowel does not work normally. When this happens, patients are unable to pass gas. This can lead to bloating, pain, nausea and vomiting. These symptoms are called postoperative ileus. We, the researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), are doing this study to compare two methods of treating pain during and after major gynecological surgery. The two methods are called patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCA). PCA is the standard of care for women having major gynecological surgery. We are going to compare PCEA to PCA to see if PCEA will improve recovery after major gynecologic surgery. PCEA is a well established method used to ease pain in many settings such as during childbirth and bowel surgery. There have been several studies showing that PCEA is as good as and sometimes better for pain relief than PCA. PCEA may help the bowel work better by preventing ileus after surgery. However, this has never been looked at in women having major gynecologic surgery. This study will also look at whether preventing this ileus will lead to patients going home or returning to regular activities sooner.

Hernia repair is one of the most common operations. Whilst there are few complications, pain may last for several weeks and extend the period of convalescence. ALGRX 4975 is an ultra-pure form of capsaicin, which is a pain medicine that has the potential for long-term pain relief following a single administration. This study will determine whether ALGRX 4975 can provide pain relief following hernia repair.

This clinical trial will determine if postoperative patients who have postoperative pain, which has been refractory to morphine administration, will have improved pain relief following a bolus administration of ketamine as compared with an ongoing morphine dosing regimen

The goal of this research was to relate the occurrence of post-endodontic pain after single-visit RCT using there irrigating regime. Methodology: All 216 patients had upper or lower molar, premolar or anterior teeth selected for conventional RCT for prosthetic reasons detected with only vital pulps. Of the sample of 216 teeth, were selected to just one method for instrumentation and different manner to irrigate. All instruments were used with a micro motor (VDW, Munich Germany). Reciproc instruments. Final irrigation with cold (8oC, 2.5 oC and room temperature 17% EDTA and saline solution served as a lubricants.

Pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with moderate to severe postoperative pain that is related to median sternotomy. In a fast-track protocol, used in modern-day cardiac surgical care, early extubation may be facilitated by effective postoperative pain control, which also helps in maintaining hemodynamic stability This prospective, randomized, and double-blind study is designed to examine the efficacy and safety of the ESP block on the postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery. 40 pediatric patients aged 2-10 years, undergoing cardiac surgery with median sternotomy will be enrolled. Children received oral premedication of midazolam 0.5 mg/kg. After i.v. access will be obtained, fentanyl 5 µg/kg will be given. Anesthesia will be induced with 2-3 mg/kg propofol and all children will receive rocuronium 0,6 mg/kg for tracheal intubation.Subsequently, fentanyl 5 µg/kg will be administered prior to incision and an additional 5 microg/kg of fentanyl given prior to CPB. Anesthesia will be maintained with %2-3 sevoflurane. Fentanyl 1 µg/kg will be given before skin closure at the end of surgery. Patients were randomly assigned to a study group by the computer generated number table. Children in group B were administered bilateral ESPB with 0.25% bupivacaine, while children in group C did not receive any intervention. Following inhalational induction and endotracheal tube placement, the patient will be turned into a left lateral decubitus position and bilateral ESP block will be performed under aseptic conditions. ESP block at bilateral side will be performed in the lateral decubitis position and at T5 transverse process level by using 10-MHz liner ultrasound probe. The probe will be located 1 cm lateral to T5 spinous process in longitudinal parasagittal orientation. Simplex A 50mm (B.Braun, Germany) will be inserted by using out of plane technique. The ESP blocks proceed with 0,5 ml/kg of 0,25% bupivacaine (Group B). Postoperative care: All the patients then will be shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after the surgery and managed with the institution's ICU protocol for postoperative pain management and ventilation.The postoperative analgesia will be provided with rescue intravenous (IV) morphine 0.05 mg/kg. Both the groups will receive IV paracetamol 15 mg/kg every 6 hours as a component of multimodal analgesia. Postoperative sternal wound pain will be judged by the Modified Objectice Pain Scale. Postoperative sedation levels will be evaluated with Ramsya sedation score.

Endodontic postoperative pain is described as a sensation of discomfort following the completion of root canal treatment and is experienced by the 25-40% of the patients regardless of pulp and periradicular diseases (1, 2). Prevalence of pain has been reported to decrease from 40% in the first 48 hours to 11% after 7 days (2). Mechanisms of endodontic postoperative pain is multifactorial and procedural processes such as glide path preparation, establishment of apical patency or root canal instrumentation technique were claimed to influence the posttreatment pain incidence (3-5). Glide path preparation has been reported to guide the successor instruments and prevent complications of root canal preparation such as taper lock, instrument separation, transportation, and ledge formation (6-8). Several instruments and techniques have been suggested for the preparation of glide path, including hand preparation with stainless steel K-files, the combination of reciprocating handpiece and stainless steel K-files or the use of a less tapered motor-driven nickel-titanium (NiTi) rotary instrument (9-11). The use of NiTi rotary instruments has been associated with a less time-consuming and safe glide path preparation, which respects to the original canal anatomy (9, 10). The ProGlider (Dentsply Sirona; Ballaigues, Switzerland) is a rotary glide path instrument manufactured from memory NiTi wire, which provides increased fatigue resistance, compared to the conventional NiTi glide path instruments (12). The concept of reciprocation motion was introduced with the expectation of a safer instrumentation with a single file (13). Reciprocation motion has been reported to increase the fatigue resistance of the instrument by exerting to lower stress values compared to the continuous rotation (14). The R-Pilot (VDW; Munich, Germany) instrument introduces the reciprocating motion to the glide path preparation (15). Reciprocating motion has been reported to produce greater amount of apically extruded debris, which was associated with irritation of periradicular tissues and postoperative endodontic pain, compared to continuous motion (16). However, a few clinical trials compared the reciprocation and rotation kinematics regarding their effect on postoperative pain and reported conflicting results, which could be attributed to the use of different instrumentation systems with different mechanical properties and designs (17-19). However, the effect of reciprocating motion during glide path preparation on the postoperative endodontic pain has not been investigated, yet. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative pain after glide path preparation performed with stainless steel K-files, ProGlider or R-Pilot glide path instruments. The null hypothesis tested was that there is no difference in the incidence and severity of postoperative pain following the glide path preparation with any of the 3 instruments.

The aim of this study is to compare two different pain management interventions in patients undergoing reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. The two interventions are 1) pre-operative interscalene nerve block and 2) intraoperative injection of liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Parsippany NJ). Specifically, the primary aims of this study are to compare these two interventions on the following: post-operative opioid consumption, pain scores, and patient satisfaction. Additionally, the investigators want to determine if psychological factors, catastrophizing and resilience, are associated with post-operative pain control and satisfaction. The investigators' hypothesis is that the two interventions will have similar pain control efficacy and that the liposomal bupivacaine group will experience faster post-operative recovery, earlier discharge, and improved satisfaction. The investigators also expect patient catastrophizing and resilience to significantly predict the degree of post-operative pain and level of patient satisfaction.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATs) lobectomy is mild to moderately pain procedure. For conventional thoracotomy, there are many invasive pain control such as epidural analgesia, paravertebral block. However, for VATs, the invasive pain control somehow are too invasive. Nefopam is non-opioid painkilling medication, Serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine reuptake inhibitor. Many study were demonstrated positive outcome of nefopam usage in many operation such as abdominal surgery, laparocopic surgery, orthopedic surgery. Nevertheless, nefopam for VATs is not well studied yet.

Post-thoracotomy pain is one of the most severe forms of post-operative pain. Among the most common techniques for the management of post-thoracotomy pain, there are the intercostal nerve block, and a recently described block, the erector spinae plane block (ESP).To date, there are no studies that compare the efficacy of ESP block with other pain relief methods in acute post-thoracotomy pain. The objective of this randomized study is to compare the analgesic efficacy of these two techniques in the control of acute post-thoracotomy chest pain, block of erector spinae vs intrapleural intercostal block.

The investigators propose a pilot clinical trial on the use of perioperative pregabalin in order to decrease ureteral stent related symptoms and decrease opioid usage after ureteroscopy with stent placement. Patients undergoing ureteroscopy with stent placement will receive a single dose of 300 mg pregabalin PO in the preoperative area. This work will assess safety and feasibility of studying this regimen at our institution, with the aim of performing a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study in the future.