Active clinical trials for "Pain, Postoperative"

Safety and efficacy of wide awake local anesthesia no torniquet technique (WALANT) in ankle surgery. Studying risks and benefits from WALANT compared to general anesthesia . WALANT expected to decrease in intraoperative/post operative pain at the surgical site and decrease hospital time .

Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy is a possible method of pain control involving the application of electromagnetic energy (also termed nonthermal, pulsed, shortwave radiofrequency therapy). Food and Drug Administration-cleared devices have been in clinical use for over 70 years. For decades, available devices consisted of a large signal generator and bulky coil applicator that were not portable and produced significant electromagnetic interference, making them impractical for common use. However, small, lightweight, relatively inexpensive, noninvasive, Food and Drug Administration-cleared devices that function for 30 days are now available to treat acute and chronic pain, decrease inflammation and edema, and hasten wound healing and bone regeneration. Therefore, it has the potential to concurrently improve analgesia and decrease or even negate opioid requirements, only without the limitations of opioids and peripheral nerve blocks. The purpose of this pilot study is to explore the possibility of treating acute postoperative pain with nonthermal, pulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy, optimize the study protocol, and estimate the treatment effect in preparation for developing subsequent definitive clinical trials.

The addition of the steroid dexamethasone to a single injection of local anesthetic has been shown to significantly prolong the duration of peripheral nerve blockade compared to local anesthetic alone. This allows for improved post-operative pain scores and reduces opioid use in the early post-operative period. However, the use of a steroid adjuvant in regional nerve blocks is generally not considered standard of care, and there is considerable variation among anesthesiologists regarding preferred formulations and the role of adjuvants in regional anesthesia. A recent study from our institution demonstrated the effectiveness of dexamethasone directly mixed with local anesthetic at multiple doses compared to placebo for upper extremity surgery. With this prospective randomized controlled blinded trial, we hope to definitively establish which method of adjuvant dexamethasone administration is superior in extending the effects of a brachial plexus nerve block.

Since TAP block needs to affect several nerves in single tissue plane with a single prick, hyaluronidase is expected to aid greatly in the spread of the LA and help the block. However, there have not been adequate studies to establish the efficacy of adding hyaluronidase in lateral TAP after cesarean section. Hence, the present study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of hyaluronidase in different concentrations added to bupivacaine in US-guided bilateral lateral TAP block.

Key questions of this feasibility trial will be the feasibility of performing the TAP block in XLIF patients, screen for safety of the block and preliminary investigate the influence on pain control and quality of recovery. The investigators hypothesize that visualization of lateral TAP will be superior to visualization of posterior TAP, protocol adherence and safety profile to be excellent and both blocks to be superior in terms of analgesia compared to no block.

We aim to compare efficacy and efficiency of serratus anterior block with bupivacaine alone to bupivacaine/magnesium and bupivacaine /nalbuphine in postoperative analgesia for thoracotomy surgery. Objectives: To compare bupivacaine alone, bupivacaine/magnesium and bupivacaine /nalbuphine in serratus anterior plane block for intraoperative and postoperative analgesia for thoracotomy surgery. The time for 1st rescue analgesia. Calculation of the opioid requirements; (the total intra-operative post-operative morphine consumption in first 24h postoperative). Assessment of pain score (VAS)- rest, VAS-movement, VAS-cough during post-operative 24hrs period. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that magnesium sulfate and nalbuphine can reduce acute postoperative pain and result in efficacious postoperative analgesia due to block of the lateral cutaneous branches of the intercostal nerves (T2 - T6) by diffusion across the inter-fascial planes.

Pulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy is a possible method of pain control involving the application of electromagnetic energy (also termed pulsed electromagnetic fields). Food and Drug Administration-cleared devices have been in clinical use for over 70 years. For decades, available devices consisted of a large signal generator and bulky coil applicator that were not portable and produced significant electromagnetic interference, making them impractical for common use. However, small, lightweight, relatively inexpensive, noninvasive, Food and Drug Administration-cleared devices that function for 8 days are now available to treat acute and chronic pain, decrease inflammation and edema, and hasten wound healing and bone regeneration. Therefore, it has the potential to concurrently improve analgesia and decrease or even negate opioid requirements, only without the limitations of opioids and peripheral nerve blocks. The purpose of this study is to explore the possibility of treating acute postoperative pain with nonthermal, pulsed shortwave (radiofrequency) therapy, optimize the study protocol, and estimate the treatment effect.

The aim of this study is to compare the possible efficacy of baclofen and gabapentin on postoperative pain in patient with morbid obesity who will undergo laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

This study will examine the effect of intraoperative sedation with midazolam, propofol and dexemdetomidine on the occurrence of postoperative cognitive impairment in patients undergoing surgical treatment of pertrochanteric fracture of the femur.

Comparing the impact of bilateral erector spinae plane block and transverse abdominis plane block on improving quality of pain management after umbilical hernia repair.