RESEARCH ARTICLE Effect of Midazolam and 0.5% Levobupivacaine Combination in Ultrasound-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block for Upper Limb Surgeries A Clinical Study Bhawana Rastogi, Ankush Arora, Kumkum Gupta, Manish Jain, Vijendra Pal Singh and Avinash Rastogi Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, India Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, New ...

Rectal mucoceles are extremely rare with only a few cases reported. Most commonly they occur after colorectal surgeries for inflammatory bowel disease. Clinically, rectal mucoceles present with symptoms of compression of surrounding organs, and are well visualized by computer tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US). The treatment may involve drainage or surgical resection. We present a case of a rec...

Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy with high morbidity and mortality. Use of conservative conducts, including medical management with methotrexate, has avoided mutilating surgeries such as hysterectomy and spared the fertility of women. We report the case of a 30-year old patient with a cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy, with a live embryo, who was treated locally...

Yoon Dong Kim, Mi Ho Song, Jin Hyun Song, Bong Ki Kim, Won Jae Yang, Yun Seob Song From the Department of Urology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Acute scrotum can occur as a complication of various procedures, such as open, laparoscopic surgeries or diagnostic procedures. We present an unusual case of acute hemiscrotum due to inadvertent gallbladder injury following...

INTRODUCTION TAB block has been used as an analgesic adjuvant in many abdominal surgeries with fair reliability, but it has never been used as an anesthetic technique. CASE PRESENTATION In this case report, a 19- year-old male underwent an open appendectomy using ultrasound-guided TAP block as a single anesthetic technique. CONCLUSIONS It was concluded that under certain circumstances TAP b...

Interscalene block is used for shoulder surgeries however it almost always results in phrenic nerve palsy1,2. Some anaesthesiologists have described careful ultrasound guided low volume (5mls only) of local anesthetic interscalene which does not cause hemidiaphragmatic paresis3. However we present to you a case where implied recently technique sparing involving combination oblique infraclavicul...

conclusion lumbar medial branch nerve block under ultrasound guidance was associated with high rates of treatment success and excellent treatment outcomes for facet joint pain. it is also feasible and administers no radiation. thus, ultrasound-guided procedures can be used instead of conventional methods. results the success rate was 98% (87/89 blocks), which was due to our use of ultrasound gu...

Background and Objective: Pain is one of the most common complications after thyroidectomy. Opioid administration can overcome this complication, however, it has some side effects, including nausea and vomiting. So, the use of local anesthetic instead of opioids is a good alternative. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the effect of ultrasound-guided superficial cervical plexus bl...

Background & objective: Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block using local anesthetics is associated with relatively shorter duration of action, and thus additional analgesic drugs are required in the postoperative period. We compared efficacy analgesia achieved dexmedetomidine or dexamethasone as adjuvants to bupivacaine TAP for lower abdominal surgeries.
 Methodology: enrolled 45 ad...