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This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Preemptive analgesia decreases pain following anorectal surgery: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Dis Colon Rectum 2018; 61: 824-829.

Published: 6th February 2019

Authors: Van Backer JT, Jordan MR, Leahy DT, Moore JS, Callas P, Dominick T et al.

Conclusion

A cocktail of preoperative analgesics improved postoperative pain scores at eight hours in this study that included 61 patients.

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