Background Peripheral and truncal nerve blocks provide effective analgesia facilitating
perioperative care. However, thresholds for clinically relevant effects remain undetermined …

Background Various regional analgesia techniques are used to reduce postoperative pain
in pediatric patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgeries. This study aimed to determine the …

Background and objectives Motor-sparing peripheral nerve blocks enhance multimodal
opioid-sparing strategies after total knee arthroplasty. We hypothesized that adding a …

Background and objectives The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is the most widely
used abdominal field block in colorectal surgery with a postoperative enhanced recovery …

Background The anterior quadratus lumborum (QL) block may be used for postoperative
pain management for intra‐abdominal surgeries, but the evidence is uncertain. We aimed to …

Background Treatment with opioids is a mainstay in perioperative pain management. While
the leading treatment paradigm has been procedure‐specific pain management, efforts …

Background The impact of demographic‐and surgical factors on individual perioperative
opioid requirements is not fully understood. Anaesthesia personnel adjust opioid …

Background Prolonging effects of adjuncts to local anaesthetics in peripheral nerve blocks
have been demonstrated in randomised clinical trials. The chosen primary outcome and …

Introduction Whether a popliteal plexus block improves postoperative pain following total
knee arthroplasty remains debated. This randomized trial tested if adding a popliteal plexus …

By conducting a randomised controlled trial, Joakim Steiness and colleagues1 compared
the benefits and adverse events of different nonopioid analgesic combinations as the …