Perioperative Blocks for Decreasing Postoperative Narcotics in Breast Reconstruction.
Ariel Clare JohnsonSalih ColakogluAngela ReddyClara Marie KerwinRoland A FloresMatthew L IorioDavid W MathesPublished in: Anesthesiology and pain medicine (2020)
Though opioid medications are currently the gold standard medication for pain management following surgery, strategies to decrease the dose or number of opioids prescribed may lead to better patient outcomes. The use of a local anesthetic technique has been shown to reduce narcotic use and improve patients' pain scores after breast reconstruction surgery.
Keyphrases
- pain management
- breast reconstruction
- chronic pain
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- patients undergoing
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
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- emergency department
- peritoneal dialysis
- spinal cord
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- percutaneous coronary intervention