Cooper University Hospital

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

A Quantitative Sensory Testing Paradigm to Obtain Measures of Pain Processing in Patients Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery

Noud van Helmond¹, Hans Timmerman¹, Søren S. Olesen², Asbjørn M. Drewes², Joris Kleinhans³, Oliver H. Wilder-Smith¹, Kris C. Vissers¹, Monique A. Steegers¹

¹Department of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, ²Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, ³Medical Technology & Clinical Physics, Radboud University Medical Center

Persistent postsurgical pain may be related to changes in pain processing. By assessing pain in response to standardized stimuli, changes in pain processing can be elucidated. We present methods to obtain pain thresholds to different stimuli and a measure of endogenous analgesia in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery.

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CO₂-Lasertonsillotomy Under Local Anesthesia in Adults

Justin E.R.E. Wong Chung^1,2, Noud van Helmond³, Rozemarie van Geet¹, Peter Paul G. van Benthem², Henk M. Blom^1,2

¹Department of Otolaryngology, HagaZiekenhuis, ²Department of Otolaryngology, Leiden University Medical Center, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Hospital

CO₂-lasertonsillotomy under local anesthesia is an interesting alternative treatment method for tonsillectomy under general anesthesia for tonsil-related complaints in adults. This report presents a step-by-step protocol detailing the execution of CO₂-lasertonsillotomy under local anesthesia.