Key result
Nerve blocks offer limited value for chronic pain and should target acute, postoperative, and cancer pain.
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May warrant caution with nerve blocks in chronic pain; leaves open optimal strategies pending higher-level evidence.
Suggests anesthesiologists should shift focus from nerve blocks for chronic pain to managing acute, postoperative, and cancer pain.
Harold Carron (1989) conducted a review in Chronic pain. Nerve blocks was evaluated. Evidence suggests anesthesiologists should reconsider the value of nerve blocks for chronic pain and direct their efforts toward the management of acute, postoperative, and cancer pain.
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