BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility of an electric nerve stimulator in a lumbar transforaminal epidural block. METHODS Using an electric nerve stimulator, transforaminal epidural blocks were performed in 105 segments of 49 patients who presented with lower back pain with radiating pain to lower extremities. The contrast medium was injected to delineat...

INTRODUCTION Vagus nerve stimulators are devices used in the management of patients with drug-refractory epilepsy unsuitable for resective or disconnective surgery. Implanted usually by neurosurgeons, these devices are infrequently encountered by otolaryngologists. Despite significant anti-seizure efficacy, side effects related to laryngopharyngeal stimulation are not uncommon. CASE REPORT A ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Postoperative analgesia is crucial for early functional excise after total knee arthroplasty. To investigate the clinical efficacy of ultrasound and nerve stimulator guided continuous femoral nerve block analgesia after total knee arthroplasty. METHODS 46 patients with ASA grade I-III who underwent total knee arthroplasty received postoperative analgesia from October...

Parotidectomy is a common procedure usually done for a parotid mass necessitating a histological diagnosis. Operation is normally performed under General anesthesia with a nerve stimulator to facilitate facial nerve stimulation. We describe a new technique with reports of three cases, making total parotidectomy under local anesthesia possible. The ascending cervical branch of cervical plexus an...

objectives:vagal pathways in gastrointestinal tract are the most important pathways that regulate ischemia/reperfusion (i/r).  gastrointestinal tract is one of the important sources of melatonin production. the aim of this study was to investigate probable protective effect of the interaction between vagus nerve and melatonin after i/r. materials and methods:this study was performed in male rat...

Tacrine and suxamethonium were used to produce muscle relaxation in 29 anaesthetized patients. Relaxation was monitored with a nerve stimulator. Post-tetanic facilitation was observed in 24 patients (83 per cent). In spite of this, operating conditions were satisfactory in 26 patients. Poor operating conditions were associated with the more severe degrees of phase II block as judged by an incre...

To the Editor:—I wish to congratulate Dr. Karmakar on his very thorough and informative review on paravertebral anesthesia and analgesia. 1Dr. Karmakar has overlooked one technique of paravertebral blockade that, in my opinion, has shown particular merit and is worthy of further investigation—the use of a nerve stimulator. To my knowledge, the use of a nerve stimulator as a guide to the perform...