conclusions pregabalin administered as premedication provided significant postoperative pain relief and decreased the requirement of other parenteral analgesics. pregabalin doses of 150 mg had a better analgesic profile, but the advantages of their use may be limited by side effects such as dizziness. thus, it is concluded that pregabalin doses of 75 mg may be the optimal pre-emptive dose. back...

purpose: to report a case who had undergone lasik in his right eye and prk in the fellow eye for correction of equivalent myopia but developed progressive post-operative keratectasia only in the right eye. patient and findings: a 30-year-old man had undergone lasik in right eye 3 years ago for correction of refractive error of -1.75  -1.50@48° and prk in left eye 2 years ago for correction of r...

BACKGROUND Post-operative cognitive dysfunction, a condition distinct from post-operative delirium (POD), occurs frequently after surgery, and is related to dementia and premature death. Obesity increases the risk of late-life cognitive impairment, but little is known about its role in post-operative cognitive dysfunction. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the ass...

Operative Hysteroscopy is a minimally invasive, safe and well tolerated procedure. Prevention of complications crucial for patient care. The complication rate in diagnostic hysteroscopy low 0.012%. Complications from operative are more common potentially serious. These risks highest with complex hysteroscopic procedures like myomectomy adhesiolysis. can be early or late complications. Early inc...

this prospective study, conducted in 8 cities of iran from 1999 to 2000. out of total 16,573 trauma patients, 106 (0.63%) included in this study had renal injury. this study aimed at investigation of incidence, etiology and management of renal trauma patients in iran. they were 87 (82.1%) male and 19 (17.9%) female patients. renal trauma mechanism was mainly blunt injury (93.4%). road traffic c...

Objectives- Recording intraoperative cardiorespiratory events in thoracoscopic total pericardiectomy via transdiaphragmatic camera port in dog to evaluate feasibility and risks of mechanical stimulation of pherenic nerve during this surgical approach.Design- Technical assessment, experimental study.Animals- Nine healthy, male mixed breed dogs.Procedures- Under one lung ventilation inhalation ge...

AIMS Risk of revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is higher in patients under 55 years, but little data are reported regarding non-revision outcomes. This study aims to identify predictors of dissatisfaction in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS We prospectively assessed 177 TKAs (157 consecutive patients, 99 women, mean age 50 years; 17 to 54) from 2008 to 2013. Age, gender, im...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Debate continues as to the merits of hand-assisted versus pure laparoscopic nephrectomy. Using evidence-based analysis, we compared the outcomes of both. METHODS We performed a systematic review and metaanalysis of studies directly comparing hand-assisted with pure laparoscopic nephrectomy. We searched PubMed, the OVID database (from 1980), the Biosis previews ISI We...

Abstract Aim The aim of this study was to assess patients' understanding the risks thyroid surgery and whether their improved following implementation a pre-operative risk-tool. Method Single centre prospective cohort between June 2019-August 2019. All patients that underwent were recruited. Patients had either standard process consent or provided with risk-tool information leaflet. Post-operat...