Does Low-Level Laser Therapy Enhance The Efficacy of Intravenous Regional Anesthesia?

Sholeh Nesioonpour; Reza Akhondzadeh; Soheila Mokmeli; Shahnam Moosavi; Mandana Mackie; Morteza Naderan

doi:10.1155/2014/314910

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

Does Low-Level Laser Therapy Enhance The Efficacy of Intravenous Regional Anesthesia?

Sholeh Nesioonpour,
Reza Akhondzadeh,
Soheila Mokmeli,
Shahnam Moosavi,
Mandana Mackie,
Morteza Naderan

Affiliations

Sholeh Nesioonpour: Pain Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Reza Akhondzadeh: Pain Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Soheila Mokmeli: Canadian Optic & Laser Production Center, British Columbia, Canada
Shahnam Moosavi: Department of Orthopedics, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Mandana Mackie: Pain Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Morteza Naderan: Farzan Clinical Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/314910
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 6
pp. e154 – e158

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The use of intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) is limited by pain resulting from the application of tourniquets and postoperative pain.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/

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