INTRODUCTION Carotid endarterectomy may be performed under general (GA) or regional anesthesia (RA). The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of anesthetic techniques on perioperative mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing carotid surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective study included 1098 consecutive patients operated on between 2003 and 2009 (773 underwent cervical...

A significant endpoint of general anesthesia is the loss of memory, indeed a terrible complication of narcosis is the anesthesia awareness (AA), a rare condition that occurs when surgical patients can recall their surroundings or an event related to their surgery while they are under general anesthesia (GA). During GA the amnesia is mostly achieved with general anesthetic drugs (endovenous and ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has enabled the collective resection and increased the accuracy of pathological diagnosis. However, ESD requires a long operation time, which results in increased doses of analgesics/sedatives, and causes worsening of respiratory and hemodynamic statuses. To reduce postoperative complications, we have applied ESD with CO(2) insufflation and general anesthe...

BACKGROUND Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is effective in reducing stroke risk in selected patient groups. The ideal anesthetic technique remains controversial in light of literature between general anesthesia (GA) and regional anesthesia (RA) for CEA. METHODS We studied the NSQIP data from 2005 to 2012. There were 32,718 patients receiving general anesthesia (GA) and 5,384 patients receiving r...

The optimal anesthetic technique for peripheral vascular surgery remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of spinal versus general anesthesia on postoperative pain, analgesic requirements and postoperative comfort in patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery. A total of 40 patients scheduled for peripheral vascular surgery were randomly assigned to two g...

AIM To compare the safety and efficacy of spinal anesthesia (SA) in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy (LM). MATERIAL AND METHODS We evaluated 180 patients who underwent LM between 1 January 2012 and 5 July 2013. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and pre-, intra-, and postoperative information was determined from the patients' medical records. RESULTS Total anesthetic times were lo...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is maturing strongly as an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients who are inoperable/high risk for open heart surgery. General anesthesia (GA) is the usual mode of anesthesia in these patients, but local anesthesia with conscious sedation (LACS) has recently been described as a safe alternative with some added advantage...

BACKGROUND Under the assumption that postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) may occur after total hip arthroplasty (THA) regardless of the anesthetic technique used, it is not clear whether general (GA) or spinal (SA) anesthesia has higher causal effect on this occurrence. Conflicting results have been reported. METHODS In this observational study, we selected all elective THA interventions...

HYPOTHESES Use of spinal anesthesia is safe and effective in an outpatient population of preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia repair (IHR) and eliminates routine postoperative hospital admission for apnea monitoring. METHODS From October 1982 through October 1997, all preterm (gestational age [GA], < or =37 weeks), high-risk (preterm infants whose postconceptual age at surgery [PCAS] is...