OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical effects of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia for patients with unilateral lower-extremity fracture between multiple injections through catheters beside the lumbar plexus or sciatic nerve and continuous epidural analgesia. METHODS Seventy patients with unilateral lower-extremity fracture scheduled for internal fixation were randomly divided into group N (...

Background and Aims: Different kinds of adjutants are used with local anesthetics during intrathecal procedure for prolongation of action. However, they are not completely free from side effects like postoperative hypoxia and cardiovascular instability. But subsequently, the use of preoperative femoral nerve block on surgical side provides beneficial analgesia to relieve fracture pain before op...

conclusions clonidine plus bupivacaine can increase the duration of motor and sensory block in arthroscopic cruciate ligament repair under spinal anesthesia. however, due to significant hemodynamic changes, further studies are required to determine a safer dose. results all patients were males with a mean age of 24.9 years in group b, and 25.2 years in group bc (p > 0.05). in group bc, time lap...

BACKGROUND Distal radius fractures are among common fractures in the elderly. Regarding the age, background diseases, and possible risks, analgesia method is of great importance in this group. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare two analgesia methods including hematoma block and general anesthesia in people over 60 years in the orthopedic emergency department. METHODS 68 elderly...

Background: The beneficial effects of two central neuraxial blocks in combined form are well acceptable and well tolerable by patients. Beneficial effects of both components are utilized, minimizing their drawbacks. Aims: Our study is designed to evaluate the use of peripheral ( popliteal fossa block ) and central nerve block (spinal) in combined form for below knee surgical procedures. Methods...

This study investigated the effects of different anesthesia and analgesia methods on immune function and serum tumor marker levels of critically ill patients undergoing tumor resection surgery. Seventy-six critically ill patients with indications for tumor resection surgery were selected in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from September 2015 to August 2016. The patients w...

The widespread use of continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) in obstetrics has been slow because of the high risk for post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) associated with epidural needles and catheters. New advances in equipment and technique have not significantly overcome this disadvantage. However, CSA offers an alternative to epidural anesthesia in morbidly obese women, women with severe cardiac...

This study evaluated anesthesia quality, degree of analgesia and cardiorespiratory parameters after intramuscular (IM) injection of a combination of butorphanol (0.1 mg/kg), medetomidine (10 µg/kg) and alfaxalone (1.5 mg/kg) in ten healthy adult Beagle dogs. Rectal temperature (T), heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (fR), arterial pressure, arterial blood gases and M-mode echocardiographic left ...

We tested whether the combination of a reduced dose of a local anesthetic (LA) with an opioid compared with a standard dose of the same LA alone guaranteed adequate intraoperative anesthesia and postoperative analgesia and decreased LA-related adverse effects. We systematically searched (to November 2012) for randomized comparisons of combinations of a reduced dose of an LA with a concomitant o...

The objective of this study was to choose a suitable anesthetic combination for use in experimental surgical models by comparing the anesthetic and cardio-respiratory changes. Fourteen healthy male sheep were randomly assigned to two different drug regimens. In Group 1 the sheep were anesthetized with ketamine + xylazine (22 mg/kg im. + 0.2 mg/kg i.m., respectively). Anesthetic combination of k...