Single-dose gabapentin does not augment postoperative analgesia in ambulatory arthroscopic shoulder surgery [5]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 280-281

  Clendenen, Steven R ^a   Harrison, Barry A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AMINES; ARTHROSCOPY; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SHOULDER;

EID: 34250839983     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000261251.22076.85     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Adam F, Menigaux C, Sessler DI, Chauvin M. A single dose of gabapentin (800 mg) does not augment postoperative analgesia in patients given interscalene brachial plexus block for arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Anesth Analg 2006;103:1278-82.
2. Rose MA, Kam PC. Gabapentin: pharmacology and its use in pain management. Anaesthesia 2002;57:451-62.
3. Seib RK, Paul JE. Preoperative gabapentin for postoperative analgesia: a metaanalysis. Can J Anaesth 2006;53:461-9.