Enhanced tactile resolution of the contralateral side after surgery and regional anesthesia of the hand.
Neuroreport
; 21(16): 1013-7, 2010 Nov 17.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20856148
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether enhancement of tactile resolution (measured with Grating Orientation Task) can be demonstrated for patients undergoing regional anesthesia during hand surgery compared with surgery in general anesthesia and nonoperative controls. Regional anesthesia (nine patients) induced a significant improvement in contralateral tactile resolution at 10 and 24 h after the operation (P<0.01 and <0.05) compared with baseline. In the general anesthesia group (10 patients), tactile resolution improved significantly over time, but to a lesser extent than in the regional anesthesia group. When comparing with the control group (10 individuals), only the regional anesthesia group showed significantly increased tactile resolution at both the time points (P<0.01 and P<0.05), postoperatively.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Touch
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Touch Perception
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Hand
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Hyperesthesia
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Anesthetics, Local
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Nerve Block
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Neuroreport
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany