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Early pain control can improve patient satisfaction and functional outcomes. In this study, we report the clinical differences in postoperative pain, according to the method of anesthesia (general anesthesia versus brachial plexus block). Volar plating was used to treat 72 patients older than 60 years who had comminuted DRF. Patients were randomized to either group A (36 patients), who underwent general anesthesia, or group B (36 patients), who underwent BPB. We compared these two groups prospectively for acute postoperative pain using a visual analog scale (VAS) at 2, 4, 6, 12, and 24 h after surgery. The VAS scores of each group were: 6.8 \u00b1 2.5 in general anesthesia and 0.5 \u00b1 2.3 in BPB at 2 h, postoperatively; 6.5 \u00b1 2.4 in general anesthesia and 0.5 \u00b1 2.4 in BPB anesthesia at 4 h, postoperatively; 5.2 \u00b1 2.4 in general anesthesia and 1.5 \u00b1 2.4 in BPB anesthesia at 6 h, postoperatively; 4.5 \u00b1 2.5 in general anesthesia and 3.4 \u00b1 2.7 in BPB anesthesia at 12 h, postoperatively; and 3.5 \u00b1 2.5 in general anesthesia and 3.2 \u00b1 2.7 in BPB anesthesia at 24 h, postoperatively. DRF patients with BPB anesthesia showed a lower VAS score than those subjected to general anesthesia in early postoperative period. As a result, the effect of BPB anesthesia on acute pain management after surgery was excellent, which resulted in a lower pain score compared with general anesthesia in DRF patients undergoing volar plating.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19159155","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,27]],"date-time":"2022-07-27T21:11:05Z","timestamp":1658956265000},"page":"9155","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["General versus Brachial Plexus Block Anesthesia in Pain Management after Internal Fixation in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1053-456X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae-Hwi","family":"Nho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Byung-Woong","family":"Jang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Gumi, Gumi 39371, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chi Young","family":"An","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0675-0761","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae Hwa","family":"Yoo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9327-2472","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sanghoon","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9540-1525","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ho Bum","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sang Ho","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Soon Im","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Seoul 04401, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8777-0603","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ki Jin","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, Cheonan 31151, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Byungsung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Bucheon, Bucheon 14584, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"605","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.72.6.605","article-title":"Incidence of Colles\u2019 fracture in a North American community","volume":"72","author":"Owen","year":"1982","journal-title":"Am. 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