The aim is to show our experience in anesthesia of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) who have undergone orthopedic surgical procedures. This is a retrospective analysis of OI patients treated at our Department from 1980 to 2012. We analyzed demographics, comorbidities, preoperative characteristics, anesthesia types, anesthetics and intraoperative and postoperative complications. In the...

Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is one of the most frightening complications during anesthesia. Although pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents in general surgical patients is not common and resulting long-term morbidity and mortality are rare, severe hypoxemia and other sequelae of pulmonary aspiration continue to be reported. We report a case of massive aspiration of gastric conten...

Enucleation is one of the most frequently performed orbital surgeries. Indications for enucleation include a blind, painful eye; ocular neoplasia; severe corneal or intra-ocular infection; and ocular trauma not amenable to surgical repair. Several publications recommend that equine enucleation only be performed under general anesthesia. However, per several recent reports, enucleation can be pe...

hydrogen peroxide, an oxidizing agent used in surgery for its antiseptic properties, has been associated with life-threatening complications. we report a case of suspected gas embolism following irrigation of a tibial bone cyst with hydrogen peroxide in a five year-old boy under general anesthesia, who died despite resuscitative measures and a long stay in the intensive care unit.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Syringomyelia is a rare neurological condition characterized by the presence of an expansive cystic cavity in the spinal cord, resulting in several neurologic manifestations. The objective of the present report was to address the safety of general anesthesia in this group of patients. CASE REPORT This is a 28-year old primipara with lumbar syringomyelia scheduled for...

lumen endotracheal tube or bronchial blocker with general anesthesia is the first anesthetic choice in thoracic surgery. However, general anesthesia with mechanical ventilation carries a risk of side-effects related to tracheal intubation and general anesthesia, such as airway complications, ventilation-induced lung injury, and residual neuromuscular blockade [1-3]. Thanks to advances in minima...

More and more endoscopically gastrointestinal procedures require anesthesiologists to perform general anesthesia, such as "peroral endoscopic myotomy". Peroral endoscopic myotomy is a novel invasive treatment for the primary motility disorder of esophagus, called esophageal achalasia. Despite of its minimally invasive feature, there are still complications during the procedure which develop to ...

background the anesthesia planning is an important and determining factor in the amount of intraoperative hemorrhage, which can affect the rate of intraoperative and postoperative complications. objectives in this study we used two different anesthesia techniques in functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess) and compared the amount of hemorrhage in the two groups. patients and methods in a sing...

introduction: nowadays, spinal anesthesia is associated with few complications in many surgical practices especially the elective caesarean which is taken as a suitable replacement for general anesthesia. different drugs are used for spinal anesthesia. this study aims to compare lidocaine 5% in combination with meperidine 5% plus lidocaine 5% for spinal anesthesia in non-emergency cesarean pati...