INTRODUCTION This study aims to investigate the reasons that discourage the patients affected by OSAS to undergo orthognathic surgery and compares the postoperative discomfort of phase I (soft tissue surgery) and phase II (orthognathic surgery) procedures for treatment of OSAS. MATERIAL AND METHODS A pool of 46 patients affected by OSAS was divided into two groups: "surgery patients" who acce...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the expression of glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1(Gli-1) in colon cancer and its association with clinicopathological parameters and postoperative liver metastasis. METHODS Expression of Gli-1 was detected by immunohistochemistry in paraffin-embedded specimens of 96 cases of colon cancer. Relationship between Gli-1 expression and clinicopathological parameters, p...

BACKGROUND To retrospectively evaluate mitral valve abnormality in left atrial myxoma patients by using cardiac computed tomography (CT). MATERIAL AND METHODS Cardiac CT was performed in 56 patients with left atrial myxoma and 50 controls. Tumor and mitral valve characteristics were analyzed. The mitral valve parameters differences were compared between patients with myxoma and controls, myxo...

patients and methods we conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (t0), one day after surgery, and three months later (t3). if the patient had pain at t3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have ppp, and the mcgill pain questionnaire short form was applied. qol ...

conclusions the use of diclofenac suppository combined with iv pca results in reduced narcotic usage and a higher level of patient satisfaction compared to the use of iv acetaminophen combined with iv pca. results the patients’ characteristics were the same in both study groups. the patients’ satisfaction levels were higher among those who received diclofenac when compared with the acetaminophe...

conclusions both intravenous and epidural analgesic techniques with combination of analgesics provide proper postoperative pain control after major gynecologic cancer surgeries without any significant complications. regarding lower sedative and respiratory depressant effects of epidural analgesia, it seems that this method is a safer technique for postoperative pain relief in these patients. re...

conclusions both protocols provide excellent anesthesia, but patients receiving sufentnail had more stable anesthesia and less postoperative pain. objectives we planned to compare two clinical protocols for tiva with propofol, and either sufentanil or alfentanil in regards to postoperative pain, hemodynamic stability during the case and time for emergence from anesthesia. patinets and methods t...

conclusions intravenous acetaminophen reduced pain following outpatient urological surgery more significantly than meperidine. patients and methods in a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial, 100 outpatients of urological surgery were studied in two groups of acetaminophen (a) and meperidine (m). patients in group a received 1g of acetaminophen in 100 ml saline within 15 minutes ...

background: postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is a frequent and unpleasant adverse event associated with surgery. the reported incidence of ponv after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (lc) is quite high. despite the use of different drugs to prevent or relieve ponv, it continues to be undermanaged. recently, studies have been undertaken to determine if gabapentin can be useful for the prevent...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy of pregabalin and gabapentin for post-photorefractive keratectomy (prk) pain relief. methods: 150 patients were divided into 3 groups. after undergoing prk; groups 1, 2, 3 received pregabalin 75 mg, gabapentin 300 mg, and placebo 3 times daily for 3 days, respectively. patients could take acetaminophen-codeine 300/10 mg tablets every 4 hours as needed. patients...