ArticleAnesthesiology research and practice2012
The role of continuous peripheral nerve blocks.
Article in Anesthesiology research and practice, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05834023 (Comparison Between Bupivacaine 0.5% Versus Bupivacaine 0.25% Plus Lidocaine 1% in Ultrasound-guided Infraclavicular Block), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison Between Bupivacaine 0.5% Versus Bupivacaine 0.25% Plus Lidocaine 1% in Ultrasound-guided Infraclavicular Block: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Comparison of two methods of continuous femoral nerve block with elastomeric pump after total knee arthroplasty.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2020Trial
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- A randomized clinical trial of nerve block to manage end-stage pancreatic cancerous pain.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014Trial
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- Rebound Pain-Management Strategies for Transitional Analgesia: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- Effect of Interpectoral-Pectoserratus Plane (PECS II) Block on Recovery Room Discharge Time in Breast Cancer Surgery.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Novel Techniques for Musculoskeletal Pain Management after Orthopedic Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Analgesic Efficacy of Multiple Single-Shot Peripheral Nerve Blocks on Postoperative Short-Term Opioid Usage and Clinical Outcomes in a Suburban Hospital Setting.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2022Article
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- Regional Anaesthetic Techniques and Their Implications During the COVID Pandemic.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Partnering with Palliative Care: A Case Report of Severe Pain in Critical Limb Ischemia Treated Successfully with a Continuous Popliteal Nerve Catheter.Case reports in anesthesiology · 2020Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
A continuous peripheral nerve block (cPNB) is provided in the hospital and ambulatory setting. The most common use of CPNBs is in the peri- and postoperative period but different indications have been described like the treatment of chronic pain such as cancer-induced pain, complex regional pain syndrome or phantom limb pain. The documented benefits strongly depend on the analgesia quality and include decreasing baseline/dynamic pain, reducing additional analgesic requirements, decrease of postoperative joint inflammation and inflammatory markers, sleep disturbances and opioid-related side effects, increase of patient satisfaction and ambulation/functioning improvement, an accelerated resumption of passive joint range-of-motion, reducing time until discharge readiness, decrease in blood loss/blood transfusions, potential reduction of the incidence of postsurgical chronic pain and reduction of costs. Evidence deriving from randomized controlled trials suggests that in some situations there are also prolonged benefits of regional anesthesia after catheter removal in addition to the immediate postoperative effects. Unfortunately, there are only few data demonstrating benefits after catheter removal and the evidence of medium- or long-term improvements in health-related quality of life measures is still lacking. This review will give an overview of the advantages and adverse effects of cPNBs.
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