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General Anesthesia Contributes to Post-op Pain

Some "noxious" general anesthetics excite sensory neurons that cause peripheral pain in patients once they wake from surgery, researchers say. I...

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The World Health Organization and the Harvard University School of Public Health have created a new perioperative checklist for surgical team member...

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Study: Electro-acupuncture Reduces Post-op Pain and PONV
A high-tech, acupuncture-like therapy not only reduces nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery, it also has previously unknown pain-relieving properties. That finding, by researchers at Duke University Medical Center, appears in the Sept. 22 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

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