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Anaesthesiologists provide peri-operative care management
for patients undergoing various types of surgery. Changi
General Hospital is equipped with anaesthetic machines
and sophisticated monitoring systems to ensure the safety
of patients under anaesthesia.
All CGH operating theatres and recovery
rooms are well equipped with air and fluid warming systems
to reduce your discomfort and the risk of hypothermia.
We have introduced heat and moisture exchanger systems
with bacterial and viral filtration systems.
Our anaesthesiologists are well trained
in various subspecialties of anaesthetic care. Staff
have been sent overseas for subspecialty training in
intensive care, pain management, and thoracic and vascular
management. Currently, our staff provides peri-operative
anaesthesia care for patients undergoing:
- General surgery
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Urological surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Hepatobiliary surgery
- Dental surgery
- Maxillofacial surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Ophthalmology
- Neurosurgery
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Radiological procedures.
Post surgical pain can now be better controlled with
a dedicated team of doctors and nurses using various
modalities of treatment and new equipment. To help
them control and minimise pain, Patient Control Analgesia
(PCA) with opioid medication, Epidural Analgesia and
other types of nerve blocks can be offered to patients
who have undergone major surgery.
The Department also provides a chronic pain service
for patients who suffer from persistent pain, for
example:
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Chronic low back, thoracic, and
neck pain
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Sciatica and other spinal nerve
problems
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Muscle pain (sprains, fibromyalgia,
muscular tender points)
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Neuralgia (nerve related pain
problems like shingles, diabetic neuropathy or injured
peripheral nerves)
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Osteoarthritis affecting joints
(hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, elbow, wrist)
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Cancer pain
Referrals to the chronic pain specialists are by appointment
only. Treatment options may include:
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Oral pain medications
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Advice and instruction on exercises
and other forms of physiotherapies
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Education and advice about pain
issues (anxiety, depression, coping with pain, rehabilitation
advice, medication review)
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Epidural injections
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Facet joint injections and facet
joint denervation
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Nerve root blocks
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Peripheral nerve blocks
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Sympathetic blocks (stellate
ganglion, coeliac plexus, lumbar sympathectomy)
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Trigger point injections (including
Botox)
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