Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia for preventing chronic pain after surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regional anaesthesia may reduce the rate of persistent (chronic) pain after surgery, a frequent and debilitating condition.

Objectives

To compare local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia versus conventional analgesia for the prevention of persistent pain six or 12 months after surgery.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library 2012, Issue 4), PubMed (1966 to April 2012), EMBASE (1966 to May 2012) and CINAHL (1966 to May 2012) without any language restriction. We used a combination of free text search and controlled vocabulary search. The results were limited to randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs). We conducted a handsearch in reference lists of included trials, review articles a

SUBMITTER: Andreae MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4004344 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature