Perioperative medicine (London, England)

· 4 papers in corpus
observational 2026
Combined epidural-general anesthesia reduces opioid use and improves recovery after laparoscopic hysterectomy: a retrospective cohort study
doi:10.1186/s13741-026-00654-9 ·PMID:41723565

BACKGROUND: Despite enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways, laparoscopic hysterectomy is still associated with substantial acute postoperative pain, opioid exposure, and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Neuraxial technique…

rct 2025
Effect of low-dose esketamine on postoperative quality of recovery in total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomized controlled trial
doi:10.1186/s13741-025-00567-z ·PMID:40696459

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of intraoperative low-dose esketamine administered at anesthesia induction on postoperative quality of recovery in total laparoscopic hysterectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One-hundred six female patients sc…

meta-analysis 2024
Antibiotic prophylaxis in emergency cholecystectomy for mild to moderate acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
doi:10.1186/s13741-024-00441-4 ·PMID:39123238

BackgroundEmergency cholecystectomy is the mainstay in treating acute cholecystitis (AC). In actual practice, perioperative prophylactic antibiotics are used to prevent postoperative infectious complications (PIC), but their effectiveness l…

observational 2018
Comparing the experience of enhanced recovery programme for gynaecological patients undergoing laparoscopic versus open gynaecological surgery: a prospective study
doi:10.1186/s13741-018-0096-5 ·PMID:29983928

BACKGROUND: Enhanced recovery has been shown to improve patients' experience after surgery. There are no previous studies comparing patients' experience between those undergoing laparoscopic and open gynaecological surgery. Therefore, the a…