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A prospective randomized trial on the role of perioperative celecoxib administration for total knee arthroplasty: improving clinical outcomesScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 106:1258-64, table of contents. 2008..The hypothesis of this study is that perioperative administration of celecoxib will improve analgesic efficacy, with a resultant improvement in short- and long-term clinical outcomes after TKA...
Intravenous regional anesthesia with clonidine in the management of complex regional pain syndrome of the kneeScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Clin Anesth 14:87-91. 2002..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of administering intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) with clonidine in the management of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) of the knee...
Preoperative administration of controlled-release oxycodone for the management of pain after ambulatory laparoscopic tubal ligation surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Clin Anesth 14:223-7. 2002..To examine the analgesic efficacy of administering controlled-release (CR) oxycodone 10 mg before elective ambulatory laparoscopic tubal ligation surgery...
An evaluation of the analgesic efficacy of intravenous regional anesthesia with lidocaine and ketorolac using a forearm versus upper arm tourniquetScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Anesth Analg 95:457-60, table of contents. 2002..IMPLICATIONS: Forearm tourniquet intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) with 50% less lidocaine and ketorolac provides for both a longer duration of sensory block and prolonged postoperative analgesia compared with upper arm IVRA...
Preventing the development of chronic pain after orthopaedic surgery with preventive multimodal analgesic techniquesScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 89:1343-58. 2007..Effective multimodal analgesic techniques include the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, local anesthetics, alpha-2 agonists, ketamine, alpha(2)-delta ligands, and opioids...
Chronic pain after surgery: what can we do to prevent itScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Curr Pain Headache Rep 11:5-13. 2007..Specific chronic postsurgical pain syndromes evaluated include complex regional pain syndrome, phantom limb pain, chronic donor site pain, post-thoracotomy pain syndrome, and postmastectomy pain syndrome...
The analgesic efficacy of celecoxib, pregabalin, and their combination for spinal fusion surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 103:1271-7. 2006..In this trial, we assessed the analgesic efficacy of administering perioperative celecoxib, pregabalin, or both after spinal fusion surgery...
Postoperative modulation of central nervous system prostaglandin E2 by cyclooxygenase inhibitors after vascular surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesthesiology 104:411-6. 2006....
Preventing the development of complex regional pain syndrome after surgeryScott S Reuben
Acute Pain Service, Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesthesiology 101:1215-24. 2004
Surgery on the affected upper extremity of patients with a history of complex regional pain syndrome: the use of intravenous regional anesthesia with clonidineScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Clin Anesth 16:517-22. 2004..To evaluate the efficacy of intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) with clonidine in patients with a previous history of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) who are undergoing upper extremity hand surgery...
The incidence of complex regional pain syndrome after fasciectomy for Dupuytren's contracture: a prospective observational study of four anesthetic techniquesScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 102:499-503. 2006..We conclude that axillary block or IVRA with clonidine offers a significant advantage for decreasing the incidence of CRPS compared with either IVRA with lidocaine alone or general anesthesia for patients undergoing Dupuytren's surgery...
The effect of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition on analgesia and spinal fusionScott S Reuben
Baystate Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:536-42. 2005..The goals of the present study were to examine the analgesic efficacy of celecoxib and to determine the incidence of nonunion at one year following spinal fusion surgery...
High dose nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs compromise spinal fusionScott S Reuben
Acute Pain Service, Baystate Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Can J Anaesth 52:506-12. 2005..The goal of this retrospective study was to assess the incidence of non-union following the perioperative administration of ketorolac, celecoxib, or rofecoxib...
Evaluating the analgesic efficacy of administering celecoxib as a component of multimodal analgesia for outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 105:222-7. 2007..We examined the analgesic efficacy of administering celecoxib as a component of a multimodal analgesic regimen for outpatient anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery...
Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of the perioperative administration of rofecoxib for total knee arthroplastyScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
J Arthroplasty 17:26-31. 2002..Rofecoxib does not need to be discontinued before elective TKA...
Postoperative analgesia for outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery with intraarticular clonidineS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 88:729-33. 1999..There was an increased time to first analgesic request and a decreased need for postoperative analgesics...
A dose-response study of intravenous regional anesthesia with meperidineS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 88:831-5. 1999..v. regional anesthesia. We showed that 30 mg is the optimal dose of meperidine with respect to postoperative analgesia. However, this dose caused a significant incidence of sedation, dizziness, and postoperative nausea and vomiting...
Postoperative analgesia with controlled-release oxycodone for outpatient anterior cruciate ligament surgeryS S Reuben
Acute Pain Service, Baystate Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 88:1286-91. 1999....
Intravenous regional anesthesia using lidocaine and clonidineS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesthesiology 91:654-8. 1999..The authors postulated that using clonidine as a component of intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) would enhance postoperative analgesia...
Brachial plexus anesthesia with verapamil and/or morphineS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 91:379-83. 2000..Implications: The addition of verapamil to brachial plexus block with lidocaine and morphine prolongs the duration of sensory anesthesia, but has no effect on analgesic duration or 24 h analgesic use...
Update on the role of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and coxibs in the management of acute painScott S Reuben
Acute Pain Service, Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 20:440-50. 2007....
Postoperative analgesic effects of celecoxib or rofecoxib after spinal fusion surgeryS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 91:1221-5. 2000..Celecoxib resulted in decreased morphine use for the first 8 h after surgery, whereas rofecoxib demonstrated less morphine use throughout the 24-h study period...
Continuous shoulder analgesia via an indwelling axillary brachial plexus catheterS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Clin Anesth 12:472-5. 2000..This approach may be a suitable alternative when either an interscalene or an infraclavicular catheter may not be inserted...
The effect of initiating a preventive multimodal analgesic regimen on long-term patient outcomes for outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 105:228-32. 2007..Unrelieved postoperative pain may impair rehabilitation, delay recovery, and result in poor outcomes. Preventive multimodal analgesic techniques may improve long-term outcome after surgery...
The preemptive analgesic effect of intraarticular bupivacaine and morphine after ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgeryS S Reuben
Acute Pain Service, Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 92:923-6. 2001....
Local administration of morphine for analgesia after iliac bone graft harvestS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, The Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesthesiology 95:390-4. 2001..The local application of morphine can reduce pain in a rat model of bone damage. We evaluated the analgesic efficacy of administering morphine to the donor bone graft site for spinal fusionsurgery...
The preemptive analgesic effect of rofecoxib after ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachussetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 94:55-9, table of contents. 2002..IMPLICATIONS: The administration of rofecoxib 50 mg before arthroscopic knee surgery provides a longer duration of analgesia, less 24-h opioid use, and lower pain scores than administering the drug after the completion of surgery...
The effect of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition on acute and chronic donor-site pain after spinal-fusion surgeryScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 31:6-13. 2006..The goal of this prospective, randomized, double-blind study was to examine the effect of perioperative COX-2 inhibition on acute and chronic donor-site pain in patients undergoing spinal-fusion surgery...
Postarthroscopic meniscus repair analgesia with intraarticular ketorolac or morphineS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 82:1036-9. 1996..We conclude that the use of either intraarticular ketorolac or intraarticular morphine improves the comfort in patients undergoing arthroscopic meniscus repair and that their combination offers no advantage over either drug alone...
An evaluation of the safety and efficacy of administering rofecoxib for postoperative pain managementWandana Joshi
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Anesth Analg 97:35-8, table of contents. 2003..IMPLICATIONS: In children undergoing tonsillectomy, a single preoperative dose of rofecoxib decreases 2- and 24-h pain and decreases nausea and vomiting at home...
Effect of clonidine on upper extremity tourniquet pain in healthy volunteersS D Lurie
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 25:502-5. 2000..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of 1 microg/kg of clonidine added to IVRA-lidocaine in decreasing the onset of severe tourniquet pain...
Analgesic effect of clonidine added to bupivacaine 0.125% in paediatric caudal blockadeWanda Joshi
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
Paediatr Anaesth 14:483-6. 2004..05). CONCLUSION: We do not recommend adding clonidine (2 microg.kg(-1)) to a bupivacaine (0.125%) caudal block in children undergoing surgery...
Surgery on the affected upper extremity of patients with a history of complex regional pain syndrome: a retrospective study of 100 patientsS S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Hand Surg Am 25:1147-51. 2000..We conclude that performing a perioperative stellate ganglion block in patients with a history of CRPS can significantly reduce the recurrence rate of this disease process...
The efficacy of postoperative perineural infusion of bupivacaine and clonidine after lower extremity amputation in preventing phantom limb and stump painLakshmi Madabhushi
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Clin Anesth 19:226-9. 2007..The mean postoperative pain score (from 0 to 10) for 96 hours was 1.2 +/- 0.7. The patient required a total of 10 mg of oxycodone postoperatively. The patient did not report either stump or phantom pain for 12 months after surgery...
Evaluation of efficacy of the perioperative administration of venlafaxine XR in the prevention of postmastectomy pain syndromeScott S Reuben
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 27:133-9. 2004..We conclude that the perioperative administration of venlafaxine beginning the night prior to surgery significantly reduces the incidence of PMPS following breast cancer surgery...
The perioperative use of cyclooxygenase-2 selective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs may offer a safer alternativeScott S Reuben
Anesthesiology 100:748. 2004
Acute post-surgical pain management: a critical appraisal of current practice, December 2-4, 2005James P Rathmell
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05403, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 31:1-42. 2006..This manuscript details those opinions and presents a critical analysis of the existing evidence supporting new and emerging techniques used to control postsurgical pain...
Preemptive multimodal analgesia for anterior cruciate ligament surgeryScott S Reuben
Reg Anesth Pain Med 27:225; author reply 225-6. 2002
The prevention of post-surgical neuralgiaScott S Reuben
Pain 113:242-3; author reply 243-4. 2005
Interscalene block superior to general anesthesiaScott S Reuben
Anesthesiology 104:207; author reply 208-9. 2006
