Letter to the Editor: How Does the Addition of Dexamethasone to a Brachial Plexus Block Change Pain Patterns After Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures? A Randomized, Double-blind Study

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2024 Mar 1;482(3):566-567. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002964. Epub 2024 Jan 2.

Authors

Hung-Kuan Yen^{1

2}, Yun-Lian Chang¹, Wei-Lun Huang³, Hongsen Chiang¹, Ming-Hsiao Hu¹, Olivier Q Groot⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³ Department of Medical Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

PMID: 38165252
PMCID: PMC10871793 (available on 2025-03-01)
DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002964

No abstract available

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Anesthetics, Local
Brachial Plexus Block*
Dexamethasone
Double-Blind Method
Humans
Pain
Pain, Postoperative / diagnosis
Pain, Postoperative / etiology
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control
Wrist Fractures*

Substances

Dexamethasone
Anesthetics, Local