Key result
Regional anaesthesia combined with a multimodal pain management regimen decreases nausea, postoperative pain scores, and the need for post-anaesthesia care unit monitoring in ambulatory surgery.
Why the study?
Does regional anaesthesia improve recovery and pain control in patients undergoing ambulatory surgery?
Does regional anaesthesia improve recovery and pain control in patients undergoing ambulatory surgery?
Regional anaesthesia combined with multimodal pain management helps achieve the goals of ambulatory surgery, including rapid recovery and adequate pain control.
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May support regional anaesthesia plus multimodal analgesia for faster ambulatory recovery; leaves open need for confirmatory RCTs.
The goals for ambulatory surgery are rapid recovery with minimal side effects, adequate postoperative pain control, rapid patient discharge and overall cost containment. The addition of regional anaesthetic techniques has been shown to decrease nausea, postoperative pain scores and the need for post-anaesthesia care unit monitoring. The use of regional anaesthesia is increasing as studies confirm the goals for ambulatory anaesthesia can be met with a combination of regional anaesthesia and a multimodal pain management regimen.
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Kopp et al. (2010) conducted a review in Ambulatory surgery. Regional anaesthesia was evaluated. Regional anaesthesia combined with a multimodal pain management regimen decreases nausea, postoperative pain scores, and the need for post-anaesthesia care unit monitoring in ambulatory surgery.
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