Comparing preoperative and postoperative dexamethasone effects on analgesia duration in shoulder surgery

Summary: Dexamethasone is commonly used as an adjuvant to prolong peripheral nerve block analgesia, but the optimal timing is unclear. This randomized equivalence trial tested whether preoperative versus postoperative intravenous dexamethasone have equivalent analgesic effects when combined with int...

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Main Authors: Cheng Xu, Chengyu Wang, Yanling Hu, Fei Gu, Jie Lu, Quanhong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224002402