acute paraplegia is a rare but catastrophic complication of surgeries performed on aorta and corrective operations of vertebral column. trauma to spinal cord after spinal anesthesia and ischemia of spinal cord also may lead to acute paraplegia. acute paraplegia as a complication of general anesthesia in surgeries performed on sites other than aorta and vertebral column is very rare. here we pre...

Background and Aims This study compared if perianal block using ropivacaine and dexmedetomidine was as good as spinal anesthesia (SA) using bupivacaine (heavy) for closed hemorrhoidectomies. Methods A prospective randomized study was conducted in sixty patients who underwent closed hemorrhoidectomy. Thirty patients of Group A received SA. Thirty patients in Group B received local perianal blo...

To the Editor: We write to share our recent experience with ultrasound (US) guided spinal anesthesia (SA) in a patient with scoliosis and lumbar spinal instrumentation. A 56-yr-old female patient was admitted for a total knee arthroplasty under SA. Her medical history included hypothyroidism, obesity (with a body mass index of 32 kg·m–2), and chronic low back pain. She had undergone multiple ba...

Falls are a major problem in the elderly population, but few communications address the influence of anesthesia on balance control. This study reports how a general balanced anesthesia (GBA) and a spinal anesthesia (SA) affect balance control in the elderly. We divided into three groups, according to electronystagmography findings and type of anesthesia, 21 men older than 65 years (mean age, 72...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is conventionally performed under general anaesthesia (GA) in our institution. There are multiple studies which have found spinal anaesthesia as a safe alternative. We have conducted this study of LC, performed under spinal anesthesia to assess its safety and feasibility in comparison with GA. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty patients with symptomatic...

Abstract Background Inguinal hernia repair (IHR) is a common operation in preterm and term infants. Recently, spinal anesthesia (SA) has been proposed as an alternative to avoid exposure general (GA) during early life. The aim of this study was compare surgical outcomes open IHR performed under SA versus GA neonates infants, detect criteria predict the success or failure SA. Materials methods T...

Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis (TSA) aimed to compare perioperative outcomes of peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) spinal anesthesia (SA) in elective foot ankle surgery. Methods: The study protocol was registered PROSPERO (CRD42021229597). Researchers independently searched PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register Controlled Trials for relev...

Background: Spinal anesthesia (SA) with bolus dose has rapid onset but may causes hypotension. When we inject local anesthetic in fractions a time gap, it provides more hemodynamic stability an. We aimed to compare fractionated SA for patients undergoing elective lower segment caesarean section (LSCS). Objectives: To find out whether the of spinal anesthetics could reduce incidence changes comp...

introduction: hearing loss after surgery is reported rarely. its prevalence rate is different and reported to be between 3-92%. hearing loss is often subclinical and not diagnosed without audiometry. the aim of this study was to determine rate of hearing changes after spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery with spinal anesthesia. methods: in this descriptive study, forty male patients...