INTRODUCCIÓN: el dolor postoperatorio es un importante problema de salud pública, con una elevada incidencia según publicaciones internacionales. el dolor crónico postoperatorio (DCPO) se desarrolla posterior a una cirugía y persiste por más de dos meses, excluyendo otras causas y problemas preexis...
Abstract Background and objectives: Total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty are associated with chronic pain development. Of the studies focusing on perioperative factors for chronic pain, few have focused on the differences that might arise from the anesthesia type performed during surgery. ...
Abstract Background and objectives: Postoperative persistent chronic pain (POCP) is a serious health problem, disabling, undermining the quality of life of affected patients. Although more studies and research have addressed the possible mechanisms of the evolution from acute pain to chronic postoperati...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two different doses of intrathecal morphine on postoperative analgesia, postoperative first mobilization and urination times and the severity of side effects. METHODS: After Institutional Ethical Committee approva...
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effects of a novel method of anesthesia combining propofol and volatile anesthesia on the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery. METHODS: Patients were randomly divided into three groups: those maintained w...
OBJECTIVES: to analyze the relationship between preoperative emotional state and the prevalence and intensity of postoperative pain and to explore predictors of postoperative pain. METHOD: observational retrospective study undertaken among 127 adult patients of orthopedic and trauma surgery. Postoperativ...
Se presentan como estudio prospectivo 102 casos de hemorroides internas sintomáticas grado I a III, tratadas con diatermocoagulación bipolar en forma ambulatoria en los Servicios de Cirugía de los Hospitales del Salvador y San Juan de Dios. El tratamiento fue realizado en sesiones periódicas, hasta u...
El manejo del dolor post-operatorio es difícil, en muchas oportunidades no se logra analgesia adecuada. Existen muchas estrategias para dicho manejo. Se propuso que la analgesia preventiva con Drogas Antiinflamatorias no Esteroideas: Ketorolaco mejoraría la analgesia post-operatoria. Se realizó un ens...