PURPOSE Anterior temporal lobe resections (ATLR) benefit 70% of patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), but may be complicated by emotional disturbances. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the role of the amygdala in processing emotions in TLE and whether this may be a potential preoperative predictive marker for emotional disturbances foll...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective study. PURPOSE To assess postoperative changes in cerebral glucose metabolism in anxiety patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (SS). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Although an association between preoperative anxiety and abnormal cerebral glucose metabolism may exist, only a limited number of studies using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) have...

BACKGROUND This is a quasi-experimental case control research focusing on the impact of systematic preoperative instruction on the level of postoperative anxiety in gyneoncologic patients. The population studied consists of the gyneoncologic surgery patients admitted to the Gynecologic Oncology Service at Zekai Tahir Burak Gynecology Training and Research Hospital from May to September 2010. ...

Background. The induction of anesthesia is one of the most stressful moments for a child who must undergo surgery: it is estimated that 60% of children suffer anxiety in the preoperative period. Preoperative anxiety is characterized by subjective feelings of tension, apprehension, nervousness, and worry. These reactions reflect the child’s fear of separation from parents and home environment, a...

The intent of this study was to determine the role of temperament in the context of the established relationship between parent preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in pediatric surgical patients. There is currently a large body of literature that indicates preoperative anxiety as a predictor for postoperative pain. There are also some studies that focus on temperament and its associatio...

BACKGROUND With declining reimbursement to health care systems, face-to-face time between patients and providers to optimize preoperative education and counseling may be challenging. OBJECTIVE Because high patient anxiety prior to surgery has been linked to more severe and persistent pain after joint replacement surgery, the Orthopedic Surgery Department at Mayo Clinic in Florida created a pl...

Objective: Gynaecologic surgery in addition to the common concerns to all surgical procedures, involves psychological and emotional issues. Anxiety is a common outcome. Studies indicate that systematic preoperative information contributes to decreased levels of anxiety and to a faster postoperative recovery, with no complications. In the present clinical study we evaluated the impact of systema...