Your Messages Inbox
Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income 3. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors 4. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System 5. Doctors and the DEA Free full text
Top Ten Searches
epidural double lumen lidoderm scopolamine phenylepherene sciatica est pain control pregnancy intubationYour Article Summary
See Latest ArticlesPostoperative analgesia with epidural Breivik's mixture vs. epidural narop and peroral oxycodone after lumbar fusion surgery – a prospective randomized study
Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 08/25/09
Gulle E et al. – The epidural treatment could be continued in 143 patients. Pruritus occurred in 53 patients with Breivik’s mixture compared to 12 in the ropivacaine/oxycodone group. Both regimes gave good pain control with average VAS regularly under 40 with a statisticallysignificant difference in favor of Breivik’s mixture. The number of pain breakthrough episodes did not differ between the groups. Pruritus could be decreased with a combination of epidural ropivacaine/oral oxycodone, at the price of a slightly higher pain level. A modification with slightly higher doses of oxycodone and/or ropivacaine may eliminate that difference. The results support the view that the pruritus is caused by epidural opiates.
Related Articles
Efficacy of surgery and type of fusion in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 10/06/09
Relevance Score: 79%
Multifidus muscle changes and clinical effects of one-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion: minimally invasive procedure versus conventional open approach
European Spine Journal, 11/02/09
Relevance Score: 78%
Double approach in thoraco-lumbar malunions
European Spine Journal, 10/06/09
Relevance Score: 78%
Motion-preserving Surgery Can Prevent Early Breakdown of Adjacent Segments: Comparison of Posterior Dynamic Stabilization With Spinal Fusion
Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques, 10/07/09
Relevance Score: 70%
A prospective, cohort study comparing translaminar screw fixation with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and pedicle screw fixation for fusion of the degenerative lumbar spine
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British Volume), 10/09/09
Relevance Score: 67%
Today in Neurosurgery...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Postoperative sialadenitis following retromastoid suboccipital craniectomy for posterior fossa tumor
Journal of Anesthesia, 12/17/09
Clinical Evaluation Of Blood Loss With Or Without Deliberate Hypotensive Anaesthesia In Spinal Surgery
The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology, 12/14/09
Today in Pain Management...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Study of risk factors affecting the survival rate of emergency victims with "chest pain" as chief complaint
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 12/19/09
A randomised comparison of regular oral oxycodone and intrathecal morphine for post-caesarean analgesia
International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia , 12/18/09
Analgesic requirements and postoperative recovery after scheduled compared to unplanned cesarean delivery: a retrospective chart review
International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia , 12/18/09
Article Search
Sponsor