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A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Pain Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2023 | Viewed by 2877

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Dr. Dariusz Kosson

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Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Education, Medical University of Warsaw, 4 Oczki str, 02-007 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: anesthesiology; intensive therapy; nursing; intensive care; acute and chronic pain treatment

Dr. Marcin Kołacz

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1st Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, 4 Lindleya str, 02-005 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: acute and chronic pain treatment; regional anesthesia; interventional methods in pain treatment; anesthesia in organ transplantation; anesthesia in facial and maxillary surgery

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Healthcare, entitled “Regional Anesthesia and Interventional Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain”, was envisaged to touch upon a wide range of topics from the fields of anesthesia and pain medicine related to the matter in question.

There is an increasing demand for the effective management of both postsurgical and posttraumatic pain, as well as that related to chronic disease. Nevertheless, in real life, many patients are not receiving satisfactory therapy. The role of primary pain related to central sensitization as well as chronification of acute pain conditions is also of vital importance.

It is necessary to present research results on effective and safe therapies to manage certain diseases where severe acute and chronic pain persists and is not well controlled by existing and even recommended therapeutic methods.

Moreover, many interventional therapeutic methods and devices that are well known and already used, as well as new ones, require additional studies to support their indications, contraindications, safety, and effectiveness in pain therapy.

This issue will provide evidence regarding interventional acute and chronic pain management.

In view of the above, it is my pleasure to announce this Special Issue entitled “Regional Anesthesia and Interventional Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain”. I welcome papers on any subject that is appropriate for this Special Issue. Meta-analyses, reviews, and original articles are welcome.

Dr. Dariusz Kosson
Dr. Marcin Kołacz
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Effect of Intramuscular Tramadol on the Duration of Clinically Relevant Sciatic Nerve Blockade in Patients Undergoing Calcaneal Fracture Fixation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Healthcare 2023, 11(4), 498; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040498 - 08 Feb 2023

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Background: Calcaneal fracture fixation can generate severe postoperative pain and analgesia can be supported by a sciatic nerve block. However, following resolution of the sensory blockade, rebound pain may ensue. The aim of this study was to assess whether an incidental finding of two patients with an extension of the sciatic nerve block beyond 24 h following 100 mg of intramuscular tramadol administration could be confirmed. Methods: Thirty-seven patients scheduled for a calcaneal intramedullary fixation (Calcanail^®) were randomly divided into two groups. The tramadol group (n = 19) received a sciatic nerve block with 20 mL of 0.25% bupivacaine and a concomitant dose of 100 mg of intramuscular tramadol, while the control group (n = 18) received an identical sciatic nerve block with concomitant injection of normal saline (placebo). All patients had a spinal anesthesia with light sedation for the procedure. The time to first analgesic request defined as appearance of any pain (NRS > 0) was assessed as the primary endpoint with a clinically relevant expected result of at least 50% elongation in sensory blockade. Results: The median time to first analgesic request from time of blockade in the tramadol group was 670 min compared with 578 min in the control group. The result was clinically not relevant and statistically not significant (p = 0.17). No statistical difference could be demonstrated in the time to first opioid request, although a trend for opioid sparing in the tramadol group could be seen. Total morphine consumption in the first 24 h was also statistically insignificant (the tramadol group 0.066 mg kg⁻¹ compared with 0.125 mg kg⁻¹ in the control group). In conclusion, intramuscular tramadol does not extend the duration of analgesia of a sciatic nerve block following a calcaneal fracture fixation beyond 2 h and an opioid sparing effect could not be demonstrated in this trial. Full article

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Postoperative Pain Management in Children Undergoing Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Scoping Review

Abdalkarem Fedgash Alsharari

Farhan Faleh Alshammari

Dauda Salihu

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Majed Mowanes Alruwaili

Healthcare 2023, 11(6), 870; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060870 - 16 Mar 2023

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Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in children and is associated with extreme postoperative discomfort due to peritoneal inflammation and infection. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of postoperative pain (POP) in children after laparoscopic appendectomy. Articles describing or evaluating the control of POP in children with LA were considered eligible. All available literature such as randomized controls, prospective controls, retrospective as well as clinical studies were considered. A comprehensive search was performed in PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Clinical trials.gov, and Google scholar. The initial search took place on 23 April 2021, and was updated on 24 August 2021. There were no language or date restrictions. Each of the included articles was evaluated separately by two independent reviewers. Additional papers were found by searching the reference lists of eligible studies. Eighteen papers were considered. All papers, and many of them used different methods to treat POP in children undergoing LA, such as lidocaine infusion, different analgesic approaches, ultrasound-guided transverse abdominis blockade (UGTAP), ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum blockade (UGQLB), and comparison of open appendectomy (OA) with local anesthetics in relation to POP management in children. Laparoscopic appendectomy is the surgical procedure preferred by clinicians compared with open appendectomy in children. A multimodal analgesic approach is optimal and efficient surgical techniques such as UGBRSB, UGQLB, and UGTAP block might significantly impact POP in children except that there are contraindications. Dexmedetomidine proved to be an effective adjuvant that can enhance the effect of local anesthetics. The lack of a sufficient number of studies may be a factor affecting our confidence in the results of this study. Therefore, further evidence-based randomized control trials with a large sample size are needed to provide clarity. Full article

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Local Tramadol Improves the Anesthetic Success in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis: A Meta-Analysis

Eduardo Gómez-Sánchez

Lorenzo Franco-de la Torre

Ronell Eduardo Bologna-Molina

Nelly Molina-Frechero

Nicolás Addiel Serafín-Higuera

Adriana Hernández-Gómez

Ángel Josabad Alonso-Castro

Daniel Sat-Muñoz

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Mario Alberto Isiordia-Espinoza

Healthcare 2022, 10(10), 1867; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101867 - 25 Sep 2022

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Symptomatic irreversible pulpitis is a painful clinical condition with a broad inflammatory component. Dental anesthesia in these patients is affected by the inflammatory process, reporting a high incidence of anesthesia failure. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analytical evaluation was to determine the effect of pre-treatment with tramadol in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis, as well as for pain control and adverse effects. This study was registered in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42021279262). PubMed was consulted to identify clinical investigations comparing tramadol and placebo/local anesthetics in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. Data about the anesthesia, pain control, and adverse effects were extracted. Both the anesthetic success index and the adverse effects of local tramadol and placebo were compared with the Mantel–Haenszel test and odds ratio. Data analysis showed that the local administration of tramadol increased the anesthetic success rate when compared to placebo in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (n = 228; I² = 0; OR = 2.2; 95% CIs: 1.30 to 3.79; p < 0.004). However, local administration of tramadol increased the risk of adverse effects when compared to placebo/local anesthetics (n = 288; I² = 0; OR = 7.72; 95% CIs: 1.37 to 43.46; p < 0.02). In conclusion, this study shows that the local administration of tramadol increases the anesthetic success index when compared to placebo in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. Full article

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