scholarly journals Lidocaine versus ropivacaine for postoperative continuous paravertebral nerve blocks in patients undergoing laparoscopic bowel surgery: a randomized, controlled, double- blinded, pilot study

2015 ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Chelly ◽  
Andrea Fanelli ◽  
Julie Jouguelet-Lacoste ◽  
Luca LaColla ◽  
Anne-Sophie Auroux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Nerve Blocks ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Bowel Surgery ◽  
Double Blinded ◽  
Laparoscopic Bowel Surgery

Anakinra compared to prednisone in the treatment of acute CPPD crystal arthritis: a randomized controlled double-blinded pilot study

2020 ◽  
pp. 105088
Author(s):  
Alexandre Dumusc ◽  
Borbala Pazar Maldonado ◽  
Charles Benaim ◽  
Pascal Zufferey ◽  
Bérengère Aubry-Rozier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cppd Crystal ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Crystal Arthritis ◽  
Double Blinded

Dexamethasone Addition to Popliteal Nerve Blocks: Effects on Duration of Analgesia and Incidence of Postoperative Nerve Complication

2020 ◽  
pp. 193864001989722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naudereh Noori ◽  
Kapil Anand ◽  
Glenn Pfeffer ◽  
David Thordarson
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Nerve Blocks ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Ankle Surgery ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Double Blinded ◽  
Effective Adjunct

Background. The purpose of this prospective, double-blinded randomized control pilot study was to evaluate the effect of adjunctive dexamethasone on analgesia duration and the incidence of postoperative neuropathic complication. Peripheral nerve blocks are an effective adjunct to decrease postoperative pain in foot and ankle surgery, and any possible modalities to augment their efficacy is of clinical utility. Methods. Patients were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 25) receiving nerve blocks of bupivacaine and epinephrine or an experimental group (n = 24) with an adjunctive 8 mg dexamethasone. The patients, surgeons, and anesthesiologists were all blinded to allocation. Patients had a minimum 1 year postoperative follow-up. Results. Forty-nine patients completed the protocol. There was no statistically significant difference in analgesia duration ( P = .38) or postoperative neuropathic complication incidence ( P = .67) between the 2 groups. Conclusions. The addition of dexamethasone to popliteal nerve blocks does not appear to affect analgesia duration or incidence of postoperative neuropathic complications. However, our study was underpowered, and we recommend a larger scale prospective study for validation. Levels of Evidence: Level II: Prospective, randomized control pilot study

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