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Peripheral analgesic receptor systems
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In this issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Bondok and Abd El-Hady1 report the effect of intra-articular magnesium administration on pain after arthroscopic knee surgery. Studying 60 patients in a randomized and blinded manner, they injected either 1 g of magnesium sulphate or an equivalent volume of saline into the knee joint at the end of surgery and followed pain scores over 24 h. Magnesium administration resulted in a pronounced reduction of pain scores during the first 8 h after surgery and a similarly impressive lengthening of time to
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M. R. Tramer and C. J. Glynn An Evaluation of a Single Dose of Magnesium to Supplement Analgesia After Ambulatory Surgery: Randomized Controlled Trial Anesth. Analg., June 1, 2007; 104(6): 1374 - 1379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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