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Genetics may be a factor in the experience of chronic pain post surgery

Gene Polymorphisms Linked to Risk of Chronic Post-Op Pain

Genetic variations, age, gender, history of chronic pain all associated with risk
Preoperative levels of serum total cholesterol do not correlate with postoperative pain following laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer

No Link Between Pre-Op Cholesterol, Post-Op Pain

Findings based on patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer
For patients undergoing surgery

Gabapentin Doesn’t Cut Time to Pain Cessation After Surgery

But perioperative gabapentin is linked to increase in rate of opioid cessation after surgery
Implementation of evidence-based guidelines can reduce opioid prescribing after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Evidence-Based Guidelines Cut Postoperative Opioid Use

Drop in opioids prescribed without increasing need for refills after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

November 2017 Briefing – Pain Management

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for November 2017. This roundup includes the...
Health care practitioner groups differ regarding the signs and symptoms that define myofascial pain syndrome

Poor Agreement for Practitioners in Defining Myofascial Pain

Registered massage therapists were most in agreement as a group versus chiropractors, doctors
For patients with subacromial shoulder pain

Surgery of Limited Clinical Benefit for Subacromial Shoulder Pain

Surgical decompression offers no additional benefit over arthroscopy alone
Spinal cord stimulation effectively reduces chronic pain symptoms in individuals with painful diabetic polyneuropathy

Spinal Cord Stimulation May Reduce Neuropathic Pain

After 5 years, more than half of patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy had treatment success
For patients presenting to the emergency department with acute extremity pain

In ER, Combination of Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen Relieves Pain

No difference in pain reduction for ibuprofen and acetaminophen vs. 3 opioid/acetaminophen combos

October 2017 Briefing – Pain Management

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for October 2017. This roundup includes the...