BACKGROUND Sciatic nerve block when combined with femoral nerve block for total knee arthroplasty may provide superior analgesia but can produce footdrop, which may mask surgically induced peroneal nerve injury. In this prospective, randomized, observer-blinded study, we evaluated whether performing a selective tibial nerve block in the popliteal fossa would avoid complete peroneal motor block....

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether resection of the nerve that innervates the origin of the adductor muscle group in addition to an adductor fasciotomy will decrease pain and improve function in patients with a chronic "groin pull." METHODS The authors conducted a retrospective multicenter chart review of 12 patients presenting with refractory groin pull. In two pat...

From The Pain Center, Orange Park, Florida . Address Correspondence: Andrea M. Trescot, MD, The Pain Center, 1564 Kingsley Ave, Orange Park, FL 32073. E-mail: [email protected] Funding: There was no external funding in preparation of this manuscript. Cryoneuroablation, also known as cryoanalgesia or cryoneurolysis, is a specialized technique for providing long-term pain relief in interventional pai...

INTRODUCTION Diverticulosis coli is the most common disease of the colon in Western countries. Giant colonic diverticulum, defined as a colonic diverticulum measuring 4 cm in size or larger, represents an unusual manifestation of this common clinical entity. CASE PRESENTATION A 68-year-old Caucasian British woman with a history of intermittent lower abdominal mass, leg swelling and focal neur...

Amaç: Obturator sinirin mesane duvarına yakın seyretmesi nedeniyle, transüretral rezeksiyon sırasında elektriksel stimülasyonu perforasyon,kanama ve yetersiz tümör rezeksiyonu gibi ciddi komplikasyonlara neden olabilir.Çalışmamızda spinal anesteziye eklenen obturator sinir bloğunun addüktör kontraksiyonları önleme, cerrahi başarı cerrah memnuniyeti üzerine olan etkinliğinin araştırılması amaçla...