Spinal anesthesia for knee arthroscopy is a well-documented and safe procedure. However, some complications and higher costs have been reported. Also, many orthopaedic surgeons are reluctant to use local anesthesia for fear of having to convert to general anesthesia due to inadequate pain control. The purpose of this study is to compare local with spinal anesthesia in two groups of patients sub...

The September-October 2015 issue of the International Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Infertility, Kidney Stones, Pediatric Urology, Uro-Gynecology, BPH, Prostate Cancer, Renal Cancer, Sexual Dysfunction and basic research. The papers come from many different countries such as Brazil, USA, Italy, Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Iran, Me...

Background: Spinal anesthesia has become an alternative to general anesthesia. However, spinal the most common side effects including, bradycardia and hypotension. The aim of this study was determine relationship between changes in inferior vena cava index (delta index) mean arterial pressure Methods: This observational pre-post test thirty-two patients who received (inferior collectibility cav...

Aim: We aimed to evaluate anesthesia-related complications in pediatric patients undergoing dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA).
 Materials and Methods: After ethical committee approvel, the records of who were operated between 01.09.2020-01.09.2022 at Selcuk University Faculty Dentistry General Anesthesia Sedation Clinic evaluated with regards demographic data, ASA, comorbiditi...

The medical field has undergone many changes since the start of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. In small- and medium-sized hospitals that lack negative pressure facilities for operating rooms, it is impossible to operate on patients infected with COVID-19. As a result, requiring emergency surgery experience serious complications or die. authors performed intravenous regional anesthe...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for cholelithiasis. The objective of this study was to compare the possibility of performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia. METHODS Between July 2007 and September 2008, 68 patients with symptoms of cholelithiasis were included in this study. Patients with physica...

In this article, we review the methods of anaesthesia commonly used in ophthalmology in Singapore. These include topical, local, regional and general anaesthesia. Topical and local anaesthesia is adequate for most outpatient procedures. The most common form of regional anaesthesia in Singapore is still retrobulbar anaesthesia. General anaesthesia is used in children and when more extensive proc...

as much discussed in literature, the creation of digital libraries should be informed by user requirements and behaviors (soergel, 2002). according to researchers, the best designs for children come from children .this study describes how the iranian children use a digital library (icdl). this work was done in order to explore and discover new directions for the development of children digital ...

Total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) is defined as a technique of general anaesthesia using a combination of agents given solely by the intravenous route and in the absence of inhalational agents. This article reviews the indications, advantages and disadvantages, principle, mode of administration, clinical techniques and drugs used for TIVA. Total intravenous anesthesia, or TIVA, can provide a...