OBJECTIVE The post operative pain after open heart surgeries had been often reported. Meager reports about respiratory function and pain correlation had been reported. The aim of this article is to assess the pain intensity and location during hospital admittance and its effect on pulmonary function in patients underwent elective cardiac surgery. METHODS Pulmonary function (lung volumes, resp...

BACKGROUND Although arthroscopic shoulder surgery is less invasive and painful than open shoulder surgery, it can often cause intra-operative hemodynamic instability and severe post-operative pain. This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of the interscalene brachial plexus block (IBPB) on intra-operative hemodynamic changes and post-operative pain during arthroscopic shoulder surge...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients report similar or better pain and function before revision hip arthroplasty than before primary arthroplasty but worse results are reported after revision surgery than after primary surgery. The trajectory of post-operative recovery during the first months and any differences by type of surgery have received little attention. We explored the trajectories of chang...

Objective: To compare the frequency of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and severity of pain by Dissection and Diathermy method of tonsillectomy. Material and Methods: All the cases (100) that presented during six months of duration were included in the study by Simple Random Sampling in the Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi from November 2009 to April 2...

BACKGROUND The Le7 acupoint had been known as an acupoint for reducing pain of appendicitis. However, no study on the effect of its acupressure on post-appendectomy pain is available. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of acupressure of Le7 acupoint on pain, nausea, and vomiting after appendectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A single-blind randomized controlled trial was condu...

PURPOSE To identify perioperative predictors of immediate pain after ureteroscopy, specifically evaluating the impact of hydrodistention from irrigation on pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively identified patients who underwent ureteroscopy for the treatment of calculi. Data recorded for these patients included their maximum pain score in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), average...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of sub-tenon block (preemptive analgesia) following general anesthesia and before the beginning of scleral buckling and cryopexy in retinal detachment (rd) surgery on decreasing intra- and post-operative complications. methods: sixty eight patients scheduled for rd surgical repair with asa (american society of anesthesiologists) class і or ii were enrolled in t...

BACKGROUND Chemotherapy has been associated with hyperalgesia. This prospective study was designed to investigate the effect of intraperitoneal chemotherapy with lobaplatin on post-operative pain intensity and sufentanil requirements after laparoscopic transabdominal resection of rectal cancer. METHODS Eighty subjects (40 subjects treated with intraperitoneal chemotherapy and 40 subjects with...

background intra-articular analgesia is a pain reliever that is frequently administered following arthroscopic knee surgery. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of intra-articular applicationrnof morphine and tramadol on postoperative pain after arthroscopic knee surgery patients and methods for this randomized double blinded clinical trial, 132 patientsrnundergoing...

BACKGROUND Elective knee surgery is performed to reduce chronic pain and improve function in degenerate knees. Treatment of acute post-operative pain is suboptimal in 75% of patients despite multimodal analgesic approaches resulting in higher post-operative opiate consumption. The effect of corticosteroids as an adjunct for post-operative pain control remains undefined. METHODS The databases ...