Intravenous regional analgesia

Intravenous Regional Analgesia: an Appraisal.

Intravenous regional analgesia in a patient with Glanzmann thrombastenia.

Glanzmann thrombastenia (GT) is a rare condition of an inherited autosomal recessive gene characterized with bleeding tendency. The condition is rarely met in the OR. and therefore it is essential that anesthesiologist be cognizant of the risk involved and be prepared with all necessary precautionary measures. We present a GT case in a 27-year-old male with a mass in the anticubital region of r...

Regional/perfusion analgesia.

Regional/perfusion analgesia involves the injection of a local analgesic solution into the vein of a limb which has been made ischemic by a tourniquet. Such analgesia is most useful for operations on the arms but can be used in the leg. The following is a review of this method of analgesia, including a general review of local analgesic drug effects and methods of treatment. At our hospital,* we...

Regional block analgesia.

Peripheral regional analgesia with femoral catheter versus intravenous patient controlled analgesia after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized study.

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of femoral analgesia (FA) with 0.25% levobupivacain and intravenous patient controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine on postoperative pain assessed by a visual-analog scale (VAS) score and their complications during the first 24 postoperative hours after the a total knee arthroplasty in a prospective randomized study. Secondary outcomes included: ...