Publications by authors named "Amin Sabry"
Background: Giant sacral and presacral schwannomas are very rare conditions and their prevalence is estimated to account for only 0.3 to 3.3% of overall schwannomas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the reliability and usefulness of cervical flexion/extension magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a tool for decision-making regarding treatment of symptomatic cervical spondylosis.
Methods: We prospectively collected demographic, clinical, and flexion/neutral/extension MRI data for consecutive 24 patients who had presented with symptomatic cervical degenerative disease. From the survey responses, we analyzed the agreement between clinical interpretation and judgment when neutral MRI (nMRI) versus flexion/extension MRI (fMRI/eMRI) had been provided.
Background: Different methods and many drugs have been used to control the post-operative pain. In this study, we evaluate the role of gabapentin premedication and/or dexamethasone in management of post-operative pain following adenotonsillectomy in children.
Materials And Methods: In a double-blind randomized study, 120 children were subjected for adenotonsillectomy classified into three equal groups.
Background: The present study sought to determine whether premedication with oral β-blocker before hypotensive anesthesia with sodium nitroprusside could improve the quality of surgical field, decrease the blood loss, and decrease the need for homologous blood transfusion and duration of surgery.
Methods: Eighty patients scheduled for spinal fixation surgery were included in a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study. Patients were classified into two groups: Group I received oral atenolol 50 mg twice one day before surgery; and Group II received placebo tablets identical in appearance to atenolol tablets for the same period and interval.
Background: Although nalbuphine was studied extensively in labour analgesia and was proved to be acceptable analgesics during delivery, its use as premedication before induction of general anesthesia for cesarean section is not studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nalbuphine given before induction of general anesthesia for cesarean section on quality of general anesthesia, maternal stress response, and neonatal outcome.
Methods: Sixty full term pregnant women scheduled for elective cesarean section, randomly classified into two equal groups, group N received nalbuphine 0.
Study Objective: To determine whether orally administered atenolol provides an optimal surgical field in comparison to intravenous sodium nitroprusside or esmolol during tympanoplasty.
Design: Randomized, double-blinded study.
Setting: Operating room in a university hospital.
Background: Tonsillectomy is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in ENT practice. Postoperative pain remains the major problem following tonsillectomy, if not treated. Different methods and many drugs have been used to control the postoperative pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The prevalence of persistent chronic pain after abdominal hysterectomy is 5-32%. Our objectives were to determine the influence of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on the incidence of acute and chronic post-hysterectomy pain and to examine potential associations between time of block administration, either before surgical incision (preemptive) or after end of surgical procedure and its effect.
Materials And Methods: Seventy-five patients undergoing elective total abdominal hysterectomy under general anesthesia were allocated randomly to receive TAP block either pre-incisional, or before emergence from anesthesia or sham block (just a needle puncture, control group).
Background: The I-gel mask is a novel supraglottic airway device. The objective of this study is to compare the insertion conditions for I-gel, using thiopental in two dosage regimes and propofol.
Materials And Methods: A prospective, randomized, double-blind design was used.