BACKGROUND Multimodal pain management has been suggested to improve postoperative analgesia. In this study, we evaluated the quality of analgesia in women undergoing day-case gynaecological laparoscopic surgery, after premedication with pregabalin 75 mg (P75) or 150 mg (P150), compared with diazepam 5 mg (D5). All patients were given ibuprofen 800 mg orally. METHODS Altogether 90 consenting w...

Though uncommon, femoral nerve palsies are potentially devastating injuries which can occur as a result of penetrating trauma or malignancies, however the most common cause is inadvertent iatrogenic injury following intra abdominal surgery such as gynaecological/vascular surgery or total hip replacement [1]. We present a case of iatrogenic femoral nerve injury with a delayed presentation result...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to note potential gynaecological risk factors leading to intensive care and to estimate the frequency, costs and outcome of management. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study of intensive care admissions in Kuopio from March 1993 to December 2000, 23 consecutive gynaecological patients admitted to a mixed medical-surgical intensive care uni...

Abstract Introduction Oxycodone controlled-release is a potent opioid analgesic. We aim to assess the efficacy of pre-medication of oral oxycodone controlled-release in the reduction of postoperative pain in ambulatory laparoscopic gynaecological surgery. Materials and Methods A randomised, double blind, placebocontrolled trial was performed. This was conducted in 60 patients undergoing ambulat...

The endoscopic surgery, despite its very sophisticated aspect and appearance of advanced technology, is still another way of doing surgery. The patients and sometimes even specialists are tempted to promote the technique as “safe” and “almost non-invasive”, disregarding the minor pitfalls and complications related to it. In gynaecology, this aspect is even more frequent as the pre-concept of “m...