introduction: surgeons have always sought to use techniques to decrease pain and swelling. one of the solutions that can minimize these complications is closing the wound with the minimum number of sutures or sutureless technique. the goal of this study was to evaluate the role of sutureless technique in decreasing pain and swelling after impacted mandibular third molar surgery. methods: ninete...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score varies according to the severity of pain reported. METHOD Prospective descriptive study of adult patients in an urban emergency department (ED). On presentation to the ED, patients marked the level of their pain on a 100 mm, non-hatched VAS scale. At 20 minute intervals thereafte...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed worldwide. post-operative pain arising from tonsillectomy is one of the earliest complications that can postpone oral nutrition and increase the hospitalization period. administration of opioids via injection is usually preferred to relive pain in these patients. however, the side effects of this approach prompted us to s...

PURPOSE To use meta-analysis techniques to evaluate the efficacy and safety of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for the treatment knee of osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS We performed a systematic literature search in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane database through April 2016 to identify Level I randomized controlled trials that evaluated the clinical efficacy of PRP versus control...

background: pain is described as the fifth vital sign, and inadequate pain management is linked to numerous immediate and long-term negative outcomes. venipuncture is one of the most painful medical procedures in children. distraction is one of the most effective ways to relieve pain. reducing patients’ pain is important for all nurses for many reasons. unnecessary pain can damage the nurse-pat...

introduction: the aim of this randomized-controlled clinical trial was to assess the effect of intraligamentary (pdl) injection of dexamethasone on onset and severity of post-treatment pain in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. methods and materials: a total number of 60 volunteers were included according to the inclusion criteria and were assigned to three groups ( n =20). after ...