occipital neuralgia is a condition manifested by chronic occipital headaches and is thought to be caused by irritation or trauma to the greater occipital nerve (gon). treatment for occipital neuralgia includes medications, nerve blocks, and pulsed radiofrequency ablation (prfa). landmark-guided gon blocks are the mainstay in both the diagnosis and treatment of occipital neuralgia. ultrasound is...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine whether patients with arthroscopically repaired rotator cuff (RC) tears would have reduced pain and improved function after ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections compared with placebo injection. HYPOTHESIS PRP compared with placebo (saline) was more effective in reducing pain at the site of an RC injury that has undergone arthroscopic repair....

Background: Long-term central venous access is used in children for various reasons specially for delivering chemotherapy. Since vessels in children have smaller diameters, they are more prone to injury and complications such as thrombosis. Different methods are used for implantation of port-a-cath in children. We aimed to compare the complications of insertion of central venous access ports be...

Abstract Background This prospective randomized study was performed on 80 patients, 21–60 years old, scheduled for open nephrectomy surgery. Patients were equally allocated to two groups: the transversus abdominis plane block (TAPB) group and quadratus lumborum (QLB) group. Both groups received 0.3 ml/kg of bupivacaine 0.25% side operation. Total postoperative pethidine consumption, time rescue...

INTRODUCTION Brachial plexus blockade is a time-tested technique for upper limb surgeries. The classical approach using paresthesia technique is a blind technique and may be associated with a higher failure rate and injury to the nerves and surrounding structures. To avoid some of these problems, use of peripheral nerve stimulator and ultrasound techniques were started which allowed better loca...

Objectives 1 To investigate the effectiveness of ultrasound guidance in pediatric surgical procedures. 2 compare surgery duration and success rate between group with those without it. 3 assess potential complications associated for surgery. 4 discuss importance Methods: This prospective interventional study was conducted Department Pediatric Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Peshawar, Pakis...