Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-23T01:37:32.396Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Failure of interscalene brachial plexus blockade to produce pre-emptive analgesia after shoulder surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

K. M. Haltiavaara
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
J. O. Laitinen
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
S. Kaukinen
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
T. J. Viljakka
Affiliation:
Department of Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
P. J. Laippala
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Tiina H. Luukkaala
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Get access

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Correspondence
Copyright
© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Filos KS, Vagianos CE. Pre-emptive analgesia: how important is it in clinical reality? Eur Surg Res 1999; 31: 122132.Google Scholar
McQuay HJ. Pre-emptive analgesia: a systematic review of clinical studies. Ann Med 1995; 27: 249256.Google Scholar
Breivik H. Pre-emptive analgesia. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 1994; 7: 458461.Google Scholar
Turner GA, Chalkiadis G. Comparison of preoperative with postoperative lidocaine infiltration on postoperative analgesic requirements. Br J Anaesth 1994; 72: 541543.Google Scholar
Ejlersen E, Andersen HB, Eliansen K, Mogensen T. A comparison between preincisional and postincisional lidocaine infiltration and postoperative pain. Anesth Analg 1992; 74: 495498.Google Scholar
Wu CT, Yeh CC, Yu JC, et al. Pre-incisional epidural ketamine, morphine and bupivacaine combined with epidural and general anaesthesia provides pre-emptive analgesia for upper abdominal surgery. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2000; 44: 6368.Google Scholar
Birbaumer N, Lutzenberger W, Montoya P, et al. Effects of regional anesthesia on phantom limb pain are mirrored in changes in cortical reorganization. J Neurosci 1997; 17: 55035508.Google Scholar