Melatonin has been suggested as a new natural pain killer in inflammatory pain and during surgical procedures. We designed this randomized double-blind controlled study to evaluate the analgesic efficacy and also optimal preemptive dose of melatonin in patients undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.One hundred twenty patients scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia ...

context scoliosis is a three-dimensional deformity of the spine and trunk which includes lateral deviation, rotation, and a disturbance of the sagittal profile. treatment is indicated for scoliosis because it may lead to negative consequences with regard to the quality of life and other health issues for some patients. the purpose of this review was to gather current, up-to-date information, an...

Objectives Global sagittal spinal imbalance leads to compensatory pelvic retroversion and femoral flexion that is far from economical standing posture. Recent reports showed spinal instrumentation surgery provided remarkable restoration of spinal alignment and better health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by adult spinal deformity surgery. However, there is a few previous reports about the impa...

Generally, patients with severe burst fractures, instability, or neurological deficits require surgical treatment. In most cases, circumferential reconstruction is performed. Surgical methods for three-column include anterior, lateral, and posterior approaches. cases involving an anterior lateral approach, collaboration general thoracic surgeons may be necessary because the adjacent anatomical ...

background: post? and intra?operative  shivering is one of the most complications of spinal anesthesia so recommend a suitable drug with at least complications for prevention and control of postoperative shivering. this current study aimed to compare the preventive effect of  hydrocortisone on intra? and post?operative shivering in patients undergoing surgery with spinal anesthesia. materials a...

STUDY DESIGN Case series. PURPOSE The objective of this study was to investigate the change in pulmonary function in adult patients with a spinal deformity who underwent spinal corrective surgery. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Degenerative lumbar and/or thoraco-lumbar deformities are is often prominent in adult spinal deformity cases, whereas a thoracic deformity involving the chest wall is incons...

Spinal cord cavernous angioma (SCAA) is a rare tumorous condition that can manifest various neurologic symptoms, and most lesions are needed to be removed surgically. However, since the SCAA positioned intramedullary, tumor resection could have modest risk for development of neuronal injury. Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) has been widely accepted as an effective tool detectin...