Effect of a Vibratory Anesthetic Device on Pain Anticipation and Subsequent Pain Perception Among Patients Undergoing Cutaneous Cancer Removal Surgery | Zendy

Panayiota Govas | Zendy; Rashek Kazi | Zendy; Rachel Marie Slaugenhaupt | Zendy; Bryan T. Carroll | Zendy

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Effect of a Vibratory Anesthetic Device on Pain Anticipation and Subsequent Pain Perception Among Patients Undergoing Cutaneous Cancer Removal Surgery

Author(s) -

Panayiota Govas,

Rashek Kazi,

Rachel Marie Slaugenhaupt,

Bryan T. Carroll

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama facial plastic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.815

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 2168-6092

pISSN - 2168-6076

DOI - 10.1001/jamafacial.2019.0733

Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , topical anesthetic , local anesthetic , anesthetic , pain assessment , randomized controlled trial , surgery , visual analogue scale , pain management

Vibration has been shown to decrease injection site pain in patients; however, to date, this effect has not been assessed for patients who catastrophize pain (ie, patients who anticipate a higher pain level). The anticipation of a pain score greater than 4 on the 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) has been associated with an increase in a patient's perception of procedural pain.

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