Active clinical trials for "Pain, Postoperative"

This clinical study aims to investigate the impact of a topical hyaluronic acid (HA) gel on postoperative pain and wound healing at palatal donor sites in patients undergoing mucogingival procedures involving a de-epithelialized gingival graft (DGG) from the palate. The study design is a Phase III, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, clinical trial, conducted in a single center, with 30 subjects aged 18-70 years.

The purpose of this prospective randomized double-blinded and controlled study is to evaluate the quality of recovery after elective cesarean delivery using the Obstetric Quality-of-Recovery-11 (ObsQoR-11) score at 24 hours between patients receiving intrathecal morphine (ITM group) compared to patients receiving a ropivacaine continuous wound infusion (CWI group).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if peri-operative zolpidem for posterior lumbar spinal fusion improves patient reported outcomes following surgery.

Chronic postoperative pain is one of the common perioperative complications, which seriously affects the prognosis of patients. Currently, no specific perioperative pain management strategy has been found to be effective in preventing and treating chronic postoperative pain in patients undergoing spinal surgery. At present, oxycodone has been widely recognized in different surgical populations for the control of acute postoperative pain, but its contribution to chronic postoperative pain remains unknown. Meanwhile, whether pregabalin can reduce the occurrence of chronic postoperative pain remains controversial, and whether the combination of the two drugs can control the occurrence of chronic postoperative pain in a more comprehensive way remains unknown. Therefore, we intend to conduct this randomized-controlled, factorial design study to determine the efficacy and safety of oxycodone combined with pregabalin in the treatment of chronic postoperative pain in patients undergoing spinal surgery.

Persistent post-surgical pain is a significant adverse effect after total knee arthroplasty, present in around 20% of the patients. Central sensitization may contribute to developing and maintaining pain. Therefore studies should investigate if pain processing altered mechanisms are present in this population.

Postoperative pain management in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery is a real challenge for the anesthesiologist. Effective pain control must be provided while preserving the mobility to ensure early rehabilitation. The adductor canal block is an effective way to induce sensory block without motor block. However, the major disadvantage of this block is the duration of sensory block which may be insufficient for postoperative pain management in TKA surgery. Many studies have focused on finding molecules that can prolong sensory block without the need for a perineural catheter and dexamethasone is among the most studied molecules(1, 2). Hence, our study aims to evaluate the added value of perineural dexamethasone in the adductor canal block in TKA surgery. [

"Brain damage" and "memory loss" are main concerns of people undergoing surgery. In fact, many older people undergoing different types of non-cardiac surgeries (including orthopedic surgeries) present a significant decline in their cognition (i.e. the way people use their brain to think, take action, make decision, and remember) 1 year after surgery. This is called postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), and is significantly more frequent (as many as 30% of patients aged 65 or older) than what we would expect in non-surgical patients with similar age and comorbidities. Causes and mechanisms of POCD are poorly understood. Pain after surgery is also very frequent and can persist for a long time (i.e. persistent postsurgical pain, PPSP), requiring chronic medications including narcotics. Knee surgery is more often offered as a treatment in older patients with osteoarthritis, who often come to surgery after a long history of pain and impaired mobility, and who often experience PPSP. The investigators proposed to conduct a study in 200 people 55 years old or older (expected age range 55-85) who are undergoing their elective knee surgery, to evaluate the association between PPSP (and its treatment) and POCD. How cognition can interfere with resilience (coping strategies and expectations), which are also thought to influence the persistence of pain, satisfaction, and functional recovery after surgery, will also be explored. Patients will be enrolled before their surgery and followed over time, to collect data on their social and clinical characteristics, measure copying/expectations before and after surgery, and assess pain and pain medications, satisfaction and functional recovery, and cognitive performance. The study will also explore hypotheses of possible mechanisms underlying the association between PPSP and POCD, and will include interviews with a subset of the participants to explore lived experiences of pain, mobility and aging, including resilience, expectations and satisfaction with surgery.

Primary aim: observe the incidence of systemic toxicity from local anesthetic (LAST) after performing fascial blocks in patients undergoing elective cardio-thoracic and abdominal surgery. Secondary aim: describe the pharmacokinetic profile of the local anesthetic (ropivacaine) and assess peri-procedural complications, post-operative pain and opiate consumption in the first 24 hours.

The Groin hernia repair is a commonly performed general surgery procedure in both adults and children with inguinal hernias constituting more than 95% of all groin hernia repairs. Inguinal hernia repair is a commonly performed surgical procedure in our part of the world and is one of the common cause of hospital admission from the emergency or out patient department. Traditionally, surgical skin incisions have been made with surgical scalpel while modern method of making incisions with electrocautery had made it more sharp, precise and less time consuming. The cases of inguinal hernia are being managed in our center, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. Generally, these patients are seen by the residents and supervised by the faculties in the emergency and in OPD and later if required admitted in the wards. Clinical examination and imaging are done for the diagnosis . Then severity assessment is performed and the management is done accordingly. The proposed study will be a hospital based comparative study and aims to observe the overview of the surgical management of OPD based day care surgery of inguinal hernia and also to observe whether the surgical incision is being performed with scalpel or electrocautery. The patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria are selected for the study. Sample will be selected by non-probability (convenience) method and study variables will be recorded in proforma. Statistical analysis will be done using SPSS version 23. Results obtained from the study will be reviewed and discussed with published literature.

The most prevalent complaint after third molar extractions is pain. There have been many modalities and regimens developed to manage post-operative pain, such as modifications in surgical techniques, locally-applied medicaments, and oral analgesics. Recently, liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel) has been FDA approved for single-dose infiltration in the oral cavity in adults and children (6 years or older) to produce extended postsurgical local anesthesia. We hypothesize that the administration of liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel) at the end of third molar extractions will decrease postoperative pain and decrease narcotic use for pain management.