Pain perception while listening to thrash heavy metal vs relaxing music at a heavy metal festival - the CoPainHell study - a factorial randomized non-blinded crossover trial.

Objectives: Music festivals are often a source of joy, but also a risk of injury. While previous studies suggest music can relieve pain, its effect has not been tested in festival settings, nor has the effect of high-energy vs soothing music been compared. We hypothesized that guests at a heavy metal music festival would experience less pain when listening to thrash heavy metal compared to relaxing music, with the effect being influenced by music preference and increased with higher alcohol intake.

Central ligation or partial preservation of the right gastric artery does not seem to affect conduit or anastomotic perfusion during robot-assisted resection of gastroesophageal junction cancer: a randomized clinical trial.

The gastric conduit can be created with partial preservation or a central ligation of the right gastric artery. Central ligation may facilitate complete removal of lymph node (LN) station 3; however, whether this influences conduit and anastomotic perfusion is unknown. Hence this study investigated whether a central ligation of the right gastric artery would affect conduit or anastomotic perfusion compared with partial preservation (local standard) during robot-assisted resection of gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Postoperative Exercise Training in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Postoperative morbidity can reduce quality of life, physical performance, and tolerability of postoperative chemotherapy in patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). Exercise can improve these outcomes in some cancer populations. However, it remains unknown whether exercise can be delivered in the early postoperative period following surgery for CRLM without increasing the risk of harms.