Background: Controlling the hemodynamic situation of patients who have spinal operation is of prime importance, and maintaining the heart rate and blood pressure in normal or low- normal levels in these patients can reduce their bleeding loss. One of the commonly used drugs for this purpose is remifentanil. Another sedative-hypnotic-analgesic drug, with acceptable effects is dexmedetomidine. ...

Presented is a retrospective analysis of 27 patients with plasma cell neoplasms of the spine treated by surgery. Multiple myeloma was confirmed in 22 (81%) and solitary plasmacytoma in 5 patients (19%), assessed at the time of surgery. Nineteen patients (70%) with the preliminary diagnosis of malignancy of unknown etiology were admitted for surgery. In 23 patients (85%) the essential symptom wa...

Introduction and purpose: The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive description intervertebral disc herniation, with focus on the lumbar spine, including current conservative modern surgical treatment options such as minimally invasive procedures.
 State Knowledge: Spinal pain prevalent cause disability in developed countries, an increasing number people affected by condition. In...

OBJECTIVES Patients with Type I neurofibromatosis scoliosis with intra-canal rib head protrusion are extremely rare. Current knowledge regarding the diagnosis and treatment for this situation are insufficient. The purpose of this study is to share our experience in the diagnosis and surgical treatments for such unique deformities. METHODS Six patients with Type I neurofibromatosis scoliosis w...

objective(s): ischemia/reperfusion (i/r) injury of spinal cord is leading to the paraplegia observed. in this study, we investigated the protective effect of the saffron extract on spinal cord i/r injury. materials and methods: thirty five male sprague-dawley rats were divided into 5 groups: intact, sham surgery, normal saline (ns), low dose saffron aqua extract, high dose saffron aqua extract....

postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is one of the most common postoperative complications. aside from pharmacological interventions, other complementary healing modalities have been introduced to assist patients in decreasing ponv and improving postoperative outcomes. this study examined acupressure as a safe complement to the more traditional approach of using drugs to prevent and/or reli...

OBJECT Postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) have been reported after 2-6% of spinal surgeries in most large series. The incidence of SSI can be < 1% after decompressive procedures and > 10% after instrumented fusions. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that there is a lower rate of SSI when minimally invasive techniques are used. METHODS A retrospective review of prospectively collecte...

ةيعلاطتسلاا ةيئاوشعلا ةيعلاطتسلاا ةساردلا هذه تيرجأُ :ةقيرطلا ،ثاحبلأاو بيردتلل يناديمكوأ ىفشتسم ،ريدختلا مسق يف ربمسيد ىلإ م2013 رياربف نم ةرتفلا للاخ كلذو ايكرت ،لوبنطسا تايلمعل نوعضخيس نمم اًنسم اًضيرم 60 ةساردلا تلمش .م2014 دقو ،ل د/غ 3 نم لقأ ينموبلأ تايوتسبم ينباصلماو ةئراط ريغلا مرولا I ةعومجلما امهو ينتعومجم ىلإ ةساردلا يف ينكراشلما ميسقت تم ةعومجلما ءاطعإب انمق ،يعاخنلا ريدختلا لمع دعب .I...

background hip fracture–related pain both before and after surgery is generally reported as severe by most patients. various regional pain control modalities have been described in order to reduce pain in these patients. objectives because of the challenges of lumbar plexus block (lpb) and the fact that the effect of combined femoral nerve block/spinal anesthesia in controlling pain after ortho...