Background Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways are now implemented
worldwide with strong evidence that adhesion to such protocol reduces medical …

Background This is the fourth updated Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society
guideline presenting a consensus for optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery and …

Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

Lidocaine is an amide local anaesthetic initially used intravenously as an antiarrhythmic
agent. At some point it was proposed that intravenous lidocaine (IVL) had an analgesic …

Local anesthetic wound infiltration (WI) provides anesthesia for minor surgical procedures
and improves postoperative analgesia as part of multimodal analgesia after general or …

Lidocaine has analgesic effect and antihyperalgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, which
enable its use as a general anesthetic adjuvant. Lidocaine can reduce nociception and/or …

Successes using enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols for total hip arthroplasty
(THA) are increasingly being reported. As in other surgical subspecialties, ERAS for THA …

Background Within an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP), the approach to treating pain
should be multifaceted and the goal should be to deliver “optimal analgesia,” which we …

Background. It is inconclusive whether the perioperative administration of systemic lidocaine
provides effective postoperative analgesia and enhances recovery in major orthopaedic …

Background Elective total joint arthroplasty may be a gateway to long-term opioid use.
Questions/Purpose We sought to review the literature on multimodal and regional analgesia …