BACKGROUND: Previous meta-analyses of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block
have examined a maximum of 12 articles, including fewer than 650 participants, and have not …

Introduction Total knee arthroplasty is associated with moderate to severe pain, and effective
analgesia is essential to facilitate postoperative recovery. This retrospective cohort study …

Choosing Wisely (CW) campaigns globally have focused attention on the need to reduce
low-value care, which can represent up to 30% of the costs of healthcare. Despite early …

Many consider femoral nerve block the gold standard in pain management following knee
arthroplasty. Local infiltration analgesia is an alternate approach that applies the concept of …

Background Despite the laparoscopic approach, patients can suffer moderate to severe pain
following bariatric surgery. This randomized controlled double-blinded trial investigated the …

Background: There is concern about increasing utilization of low-value health care services,
including preoperative testing for low-risk surgical procedures. We investigated temporal …

… Kyle Kirkham is a co-author of the manuscript. Kyle Kirkhan, Raynald Ko, and Joel Katz
helped design the study. Kyle Kirkhan and Joel Katz helped review the analysis of the data. …

METHODS Recruitment The study protocol was approved by the University Health Network
Research Ethics Board, and the trial was prospectively registered on clinicaltrials. gov (…

Background Both the adductor canal block (ACB) and local infiltration analgesia (LIA) are
effective analgesic techniques after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, but they …

Background Increasing attention has been focused on low-value healthcare services. Through
Choosing Wisely campaigns, routine laboratory testing before low-risk surgery has been …