Pain
Conference Coverage
Intrathecal hydromorphone boosts post-op pain control
Intrathecal hydromorphone was a safe and effective adjunct to postoperative pain control in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
Original Research
Music Therapy Increases Comfort and Reduces Pain in Patients Recovering From Spine Surgery
The treatment of pain continues to gain in saliency as a component of defining best practice in medical care. Music therapy is an integrative...
From the Journals
Screen opioid users for depression, study recommends
Opioid prescribing should be combined with both screening and treatment of depression, a new study shows.
Conference Coverage
Older adults can sustain asymptomatic cervical fractures
Silent cervical fractures may be common among older trauma patients, a retrospective study has determined.
From the Journals
Pain after hernia repair shows improvement at 6 months
Patients who have undergone open ventral abdominal hernia repair see significant improvements in some self-reported pain measures at 6 or more...
From the Journals
Severe postoperative pain following thoracotomy predicts persistent pain months later
Individuals who experience acute pain after open thoracotomy are more likely to still be in pain 6 months later.
News from the FDA/CDC
Latest CDC data: Opioid deaths still rising
The U.S. death rate from synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, soared by 72.2% from 2014 to 2015, according to the CDC.
From the Journals
History of complex regional pain syndrome increases risk of secondary CRPS
Secondary complex regional pain syndrome is significantly more likely in people currently experiencing CRPS in an unrelated extremity than in the...
Clinical Review
Tenotomy, Tenodesis, Transfer: A Review of Treatment Options for Biceps-Labrum Complex Disease
Pathology of the biceps-labrum complex (BLC) can be an important source of shoulder pain...
Article
The war on pain
Sometimes stories about pain medication include a description of how the prescription created symptoms that were far worse than the pain it was...
From the Journals
Younger age, greater anxiety, affect pain after breast reconstruction
Younger age, bilateral procedure, and presurgery depression and anxiety are among the significant contributors to pain after breast reconstruction...