Association of peripheral nerve blocks with increased postoperative pain and opioid use in orthopaedic surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1286-96

Periklis Giannakis; Samantha A. Riebesell; Junying Wang; Robert H. Dworkin; Alexandra Sideris; Jashvant Poeran

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2025.09.037

Association of peripheral nerve blocks with increased postoperative pain and opioid use in orthopaedic surgery. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1286-96

Periklis Giannakis
, Samantha A. Riebesell
, Junying Wang
, Robert H. Dworkin
, Alexandra Sideris
, Jashvant Poeran

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	393-395
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Anaesthesia
Volume	136
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2025.09.037
State	Published - Jan 2026

Keywords

chronic postsurgical pain
opioid dependence
peripheral nerve block
rebound pain
regional anaesthesia

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