Postoperative pain treatment after lumbar discectomy. A protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.

Josephine Zachodnik Rachid Bech-Azeddine Peter Muhareb Udby Magnus Sandberg Kasper Højgaard Thybo Anja Geisler

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2021)

This systematic review will assess the benefits and harms of analgesic interventions after lumbar discectomy and have the potential to improve best practices and advance research.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
systematic review
minimally invasive
meta analyses
primary care
healthcare
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
clinical trial
neuropathic pain
phase iii
phase ii
combination therapy
anti inflammatory
spinal cord injury
risk assessment