Purpose  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of correction of abnormal radiographic parameters on postoperative pain in a group of patients treated arthroscopically for femoracetabular impingement (FAI). Methods  A retrospective study was performed on 23 patients affected by mixed-type FAI and treated arthroscopically. There were 11 males and 12 females with a mean age of 46.5 ...

AIM Acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass has been associated with dilutional anemia during surgery. We aimed both to explore if this relation is modulated by blood transfusion and to understand the postoperative contribution of protein oxidation. METHODS In this randomized prospective study, after ethics committee approval and informed consent, 30 patients undergoing first-time el...

conclusions hs in total thyroidectomy, reduces operating time, blood loss, postoperative pain, drainage volume, voice changes, and postoperative hypocalcemia, compared to conventional techniques. background traditional haemostatic techniques in total thyroidectomy may cause some damages to surrounding tissues. it is believed that these damages can be reduced using ultrasonic dissector devices l...

background: the present study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of acetaminophen plus dexamethasone on post‑operative emergence agitation in pediatric adenotonsillectomy. methods: a total of 128 patients were randomized and assigned among four groups as: intravenous (iv) dexamethasone, oral acetaminophen, iv dexamethasone plus oral acetaminophen, placebo. group 1 received 0.2 mg/kg dexamethaso...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical operations and has such complications as pain, hemorrhage and laryngospasm. pain management is of vital importance in order to reduce the suffering and restlessness in children having undergone tonsillectomy. different studies differ in their findings as to the use of ketamine for postoperative analgesia. the aim of this study was t...

background: post? and intra?operative  shivering is one of the most complications of spinal anesthesia so recommend a suitable drug with at least complications for prevention and control of postoperative shivering. this current study aimed to compare the preventive effect of  hydrocortisone on intra? and post?operative shivering in patients undergoing surgery with spinal anesthesia. materials a...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries all over the world and is performed by various methods. this study aimed to investigate the complications of bipolar electrocautery method of tonsillectomy. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 234 patients, 114 female and 120 male individuals. the mean age of the patients was 12.2±8.3 (min=3 and max=58.2) years. so...

background for coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) sternotomy should be performed. the pain after surgery is severe and requires medical intervention. use of the analgesics is limited by their side effects and studies suggest that prevention with some medications before surgery is effective in controlling the postoperative pain. objectives we investigated the efficacy of pregabalin administr...

Methods The study included sixty patients aged from 39 to 79 years presenting for CABS who were randomized to control or cell saver groups. We investigated blood parameters before and after surgery, ejection fraction, postoperative drainage, intraoperative parameters such as coronary artery bypass grafting type, number of graft, extracorporeal circulation and aortic cross clamping duration as w...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether early postoperative D-dimer levels and certain pre-, intra-, and postoperative parameters can be used to predict venous thromboembolism (VTE) in gynecologic cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively evaluated 267 gynecologic cancer patients who underwent surgery at our institution. The plasma D-dimer level was m...