Abstract Journal Pain Medicine & Surgery.

The given document is an abstract from the ANZ Journal of Surgery. It includes summaries of several research studies related to various topics in surgery and pain medicine. The first study focuses on using deep learning for muscle segmentation in spinal surgery for pain management. The second study investigates the tolerability of transperineal prostate biopsy under local anesthetic using pre-emptive over-the-counter analgesia. The third study explores the effects of topical local anesthetic on the thickness of burn scars and the performance of burns laser. The fourth study discusses the use of intravenous methadone in the management of acute postoperative pain in a chronic cancer pain patient. The fifth study examines the effect of multi-modal pre-emptive analgesia with pregabalin and naproxen in thoracotomy surgeries and its relationship with the COMT genotype. Overall, these studies provide insights into different aspects of surgical procedures and pain management techniques. [Extracted from the article]