Publications by authors named "Yeon Wook Park"
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has been rampant since the end of 2019, has evidently affected pain management in clinical practice. Fortunately, a COVID-19 vaccination program is currently in progress worldwide. There is an ongoing discussion that pain management using steroid injections can decrease COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, although currently there is no direct evidence to support this statement.
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- Hypertonic saline (HS) injections can cause pain during decompressive neuroplasty (DN), and this study aimed to compare pain levels between bolus injections and continuous infusion of HS.
- Fifty patients were randomly assigned to receive either HS via four separate injections (bolus) or a continuous infusion over an hour, with pain levels measured using an 11-point scale.
- While both methods had similar initial pain levels, the continuous infusion method significantly reduced pain from the second assessment onward, though there were no long-term differences in pain or disability scores three months after the procedure.