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Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola

Researcher at Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Publications -  87
Citations -  4053

Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola is an academic researcher from Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer pain & Bupivacaine. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 84 publications receiving 3442 citations. Previous affiliations of Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola include State University of New York System & University at Buffalo.

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Management of postoperative pain: A clinical practice guideline from the american pain society, the american society of regional anesthesia and pain medicine, and the american society of anesthesiologists' committee on regional anesthesia, executive committee, and administrative council.

TL;DR: The American Pain Society, with input from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, developed a clinical practice guideline to promote evidence-based, effective, and safer postoperative pain management in children and adults.
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Opioid therapy and immunosuppression: a review.

TL;DR: The fact that peripheral immunosupression is mediated at least in part by opioid receptors located in the central nervous system and that intrathecally administered opioids do not exert the same immunosuppressive effects may have important clinical implications for those patients receiving long-term opioid therapy for malignant and nonmalignant pain.
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Neurolytic superior hypogastric plexus block for chronic pelvic pain associated with cancer.

TL;DR: A neurolytic superior hypogastric plexus block was both effective in relieving pain in 69% of the patients studied and may be needed in patients with extensive retroperitoneal disease, a group in whom moderate or poor results should be expected.
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Postoperative Epidural Bupivacaine-Morphine Therapy Experience with 4,227 Surgical Cancer Patients

TL;DR: Continuous epidural analgesia with 0.05–0.1% bupivacaine and 0.01% morphine is an effective method of postoperative analgesiaWith a low incidence of side effects, that can be safely administered on the surgical wards with no special monitoring equipment.
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Research Gaps in Practice Guidelines for Acute Postoperative Pain Management in Adults: Findings From a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline

TL;DR: Evidence gaps including optimal methods and timing of perioperative patient education, nonpharmacological modalities, combinations of analgesic techniques, monitoring of patient response to treatment, techniques for neuraxial and regional analgesia, and organizational care delivery models are identified.