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Richard Brull

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ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Richard Brull

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026
Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.
Journal of clinical anesthesia · 2026
Evaluating the Statistical Robustness of Randomized Controlled Trials of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain through the Use of Fragility Index.
Anesthesiology · 2026

All 82 publications

Latest funding

Prevention of persistent pain with LidocAine iNfusions in breast cancer surgery (PLAN): a multicentre randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,285,200

All 1 grants and awards

82 publications.

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Nguyen A, D'Souza R, Weaver T, Bhatia A, Clarke H, Banik R, Abdel-Rasoul M, Abdallah FW

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03118-2 PMID: 42087046

Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Bhatia A, Guirguis F, Alghothani O, D'Souza R, Karri J, Weaver T, Urman R, Abdallah FW

Journal of clinical anesthesia2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2026.112239 PMID: 42160880

Evaluating the Statistical Robustness of Randomized Controlled Trials of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain through the Use of Fragility Index.

Hussain N, Brull R, Shah R, Bozer J, D'Souza RS, Karri J, Weaver T, Prokop LJ, Abdallah FW

Anesthesiology2026

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005876 PMID: 41376548

Analgesic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for ambulatory hip arthroscopy: a randomized controlled double-blind trial.

Tan JMH, Girón-Arango L, Campbell S, Diaz-Martinez JP, Abdallah F, Brull R

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2026-107706 PMID: 41895809

Analgesic Benefits of Motor-sparing Fascial Plane Blocks in Comparison to Periarticular Local Infiltration Analgesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Network Meta-analysis

Nasir Hussain, Richard Brull, Alex T. Freedenberg, Chris Vannabouathong, Ryan Steven D'Souza, Steven Havlik, Peyton Beachy, Antonius Gunawan, Tristan E. Weaver, Daniel I. McIsaac, Colin J. L. McCartney, Faraj W. Abdallah

Anesthesiology20258 citations

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005607 PMID: 40489642

Analgesic benefits of regional anesthesia in the perioperative management of transition-related surgery: a systematic review.

Katsnelson G, Brenna CTA, Girón-Arango L, Abdallah YM, Brull R

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105479 PMID: 38719225

The Analgesic Effects of a Saddle Block with Intrathecal Morphine for Penile-Inversion Vaginoplasty: A Retrospective Study.

Girón-Arango L, Kirkham KR, Millman AL, Krakowsky Y, Wilk Goldsher Y, Drodge O, Li Q, Huszti E, Brull R

Local and regional anesthesia2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2147/lra.s537907 PMID: 41426497

The analgesic effects of novel fascial plane blocks compared with intrathecal morphine after Caesarean delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hussain N, Brull R, Thaete L, Fuller S, D'Souza RS, Mankinen-Abdallah Y, Essandoh MK, Weaver TE, Abdallah FW

British journal of anaesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.01.032 PMID: 40074621

Prevention of persistent pain with lidocaine infusions in breast cancer surgery (PLAN): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Khan JS, Gilron I, Devereaux PJ, Clarke H, Ayach N, Tomlinson G, Quan ML, Ladha KS, Choi S, Munro A

Trials2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08151-4

Association between perioperative neuraxial local anesthetic neurotoxicity and arachnoiditis: a narrative review of published reports.

Brenna CTA, Khan S, Poots C, Brull R

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2023-104941 PMID: 38050164

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Richard Brull

Research

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Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.

Evaluating the Statistical Robustness of Randomized Controlled Trials of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain through the Use of Fragility Index.

Analgesic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for ambulatory hip arthroscopy: a randomized controlled double-blind trial.

Analgesic Benefits of Motor-sparing Fascial Plane Blocks in Comparison to Periarticular Local Infiltration Analgesia for Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Network Meta-analysis

Analgesic benefits of regional anesthesia in the perioperative management of transition-related surgery: a systematic review.

The Analgesic Effects of a Saddle Block with Intrathecal Morphine for Penile-Inversion Vaginoplasty: A Retrospective Study.

The analgesic effects of novel fascial plane blocks compared with intrathecal morphine after Caesarean delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Prevention of persistent pain with lidocaine infusions in breast cancer surgery (PLAN): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Association between perioperative neuraxial local anesthetic neurotoxicity and arachnoiditis: a narrative review of published reports.

Prevention of persistent pain with LidocAine iNfusions in breast cancer surgery (PLAN): a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Frequent collaborators

Vincent Chan

Colin McCartney

Anahi Perlas

Hossam El Beheiry

Tim Dwyer

Anuj Bhatia

Stephen Choi

Mandeep Singh

Ian Gilron

Hance Clarke

David MacLean

Tulin Cil

Herman Sehmbi

Daniel Kapustin

Daniel McIsaac

Danielle Brown-Shreves

Karim Ladha

Nick Lo

Sinead Campbell

Aaron Mocon

Rebecca Moga

Alexander Huang

David Urbach

Keyvan Karkouti

John Semple

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