purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of pregabalin and gabapentin for post-photorefractive keratectomy (prk) pain relief. methods: 150 patients were divided into 3 groups. after undergoing prk; groups 1, 2, 3 received pregabalin 75 mg, gabapentin 300 mg, and placebo 3 times daily for 3 days, respectively. patients could take acetaminophen-codeine 300/10 mg tablets every 4 hours as needed. patients...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The impact of pain on the physical performance of patients in aged care rehabilitation is not known. The study sought to assess 1) the prevalence of pain in older people being discharged from inpatient rehabilitation; 2) the association between self-reported pain and physical performance in people being discharged from inpatient rehabilitation; and 3) the association betwe...

  Background : To determine the role of Letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor,in the treatment of endometriotic pain.   Methods: In this prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial in minimallyinvasive surgery research center,51 women with pelvic endometriosis and endometriotic pain (dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain) score of 5 or more (for at least one of these endometriotic pain), af...

Pain catastrophizing is becoming increasingly recognized as a clinically important psychological factor in chronic musculoskeletal pain. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we have identified factors associated with an increased risk for pain catastrophizing in chronic neck pain (CNP) patients. We obtained data from our medical database on 331 patients who were treated for neck pain as...

UNLABELLED Aim of this study is to determine the clinical effect of circumpatellar electrocautery on cases undergoing non-resurfaced total knee arthroplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS 184 patients undergoing non-resurfaced total knee arthroplasty were included and randomized into two, patient and outcome assessor-blinded, parallel groups: 92 patient in denervation group & 92 patients in no-denerva...

results at three days, one month, three months, and six months after pea compared to pre-pea evaluations, the pain scores and medication intake were significantly decreased. significant pain relief declined from 95% at three days to 75% at six months. conclusions pea for low back pain due to contained disc herniation is a safe and effective procedure. therefore, it may be considered as an optio...

Objectives Chest pain is a common presentation to the Emergency department (ED) where an acute coronary syndrome needs to be differentiated from other causes of chest pain. In a busy ED, we need an objective method to risk stratify patients quickly, using minimum resources. There are various scoring methods used for this, but none exclusively for ED patients except the HEART score. HEART score ...

introduction: borago officinalis flower (borage) is a known sedative in herbal medicine the aim of the present study was to evaluate the antinociceptive effect of borage hydroalcoholic extract in formalin test male rats. methods: fifty-six adult male albino wistar rats were randomly divided into seven groups: control groups of a (intact), b (saline), and c (positive control) plus test groups of...

background: we performed this study to evaluate the efficacy of melatonin, clonidine and gabapentin in reducing preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. methods: this study was a randomized clinical trial on patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. a total number of 88 patients were categorized into four groups to receive melat...