Hypnosis is the main hallmark of the anesthesia for surgery and any other noxious procedure done in a hospital setting. The level of hypnosis is determined by the extent of noxious stimulation and the availability of supplementation with local/regional anesthesia. The level of anesthesia that prevents the patients from moving in response to the painful stimuli is universally achieved by general...

Patients with preexisting neurologic disease present a unique challenge to the anesthesiologist. The cause of postoperative neurologic deficits is difficult to evaluate, because neural injury may occur as a result of surgical trauma, tourniquet pressure, prolonged labor, improper patient positioning, or anesthetic technique. Progressive neurologic diseases such as multiple sclerosis may coincid...

Background: To evaluate general anesthesia with sevoflurane vs spinal anesthesia with low dose lidocaine 5% onhemodynamics changes in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.Methods: In this randomized double blind trial 100 patients (50 patients in each group) older than 60 years underhip surgery were randomized in general anesthesia with sevoflurane and spinal anesthesia with lidocaine 5%.He...

The clavicle is the most frequently fractured bone in humans. General anesthesia with or without Regional Anesthesia (RA) used for surgeries due to its complex innervation.

Introduction Epidural blockade in children continues to grow in popularity with increasing applications in the operating room and beyond. In infants and children, epidural anesthesia is most commonly performed in conjunction with general anesthesia as a means of providing postoperative analgesia or as a combined general-regional anesthetic technique to limit the requirements for general anesthe...

Background: Surgical repair of inguinal hernias in elderly population is challenging as these pts may have associated co-morbid conditions which make them high risk for general or regional anesthesia. Aim: To find out tolerability and outcome of operating inguinal hernia among elderly population who are high risk for general or regional anesthesia. Methods: One hundred elderly patients with ing...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article introduces the use of ultrasound to facilitate peripheral regional anesthesia. RECENT FINDINGS Regional anesthesia, despite its well known clinical benefits, has not gained the popularity of general anesthesia. This is secondary to multiple shortcomings including a defined failure rate, lack of simplicity, and the potential for patient discomfort or injury. Many...

INTRODUCTION Evaluating patient-reported outcomes is complex. These difficulties may explain weaknesses with some existing tools: mainly, they rely on expert instead of patient views or are not metrically sound. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a multidimensional self-reported questionnaire, specifically assessing the satisfaction of patients undergoing regional anesthesia,...