Efficiency of the Local Infi ltration Analgesia Method in Total Knee Artroplasty Surgeries.

Purpose Of The Study: Postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is severe because of bone and soft tissue trauma during the surgery and is diffi cult to control with oral analgesics. The primary aim of the study was to investigate the effects of the local infi ltration anesthesia (LIA) method on postoperative analgesia quality and opioid consumption in patients undergoing TKA. The secondary aims were to evaluate knee fl exion angle, side effects, and patient satisfaction.

Is Obturator Nerve Block Effective as Spinal Anesthesia in Preventing Adductor Spasms in General Anesthesia Without Muscle Relaxants?

Aim: During transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-BT), adductor muscle spasms in varying degrees can be seen due to stimulation of obturator nerve if the tumor is in the inferolateral localization. This can cause some serious complications such as bladder perforation. We aim to show the effectiveness of obturator nerve block (ONB) to avoid the adductor muscle spasm in general anesthesia applied with laryngeal mask (LMA) without using muscle relaxant according to the spinal anesthesia method.

Residual Symptoms After Carpal Tunnel Decompression and Treatment With Gabapentin: A Multicenter Study.

Objectives To identify postoperative residual symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and to investigate the effectiveness of gabapentin in the treatment of residual symptoms. Materials and methods Of a total of 412 patients who underwent surgery for CTS in four centers over a four-year period, 14 who had residual symptoms after CTS release and did not receive gabapentin (Group A) and 14 patients with postoperative residual symptoms and received gabapentin were included in this retrospective study. Postoperative residual symptoms were defined as persistent nocturnal numbness and tingling with or without occasional daytime pain.

Retraction Note: Obturator nerve block transurethral surgery for bladder cancer: comparison of inguinal and intravesical approaches: prospective randomized trial.

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because it shows significant overlap with a previously published article by Pladzyk et al. [2].

Are peripheral nerve blocks effective in pain control of pediatric orthopedic tumor surgery?

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided peripheral nerve blocks in postoperative analgesia after pediatric orthopedic tumor surgery.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 108 children (64 boys, 44 girls, mean age 10.23 years; range, 2 to 18 years) who were performed orthopedic tumor surgery under general anesthesia.

Comparison Between the Two-Injection Technique and the Four-Injection Technique in Axillary Brachial Plexus Block with Articaine.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to compare axillary brachial plexus block using the two-injection and four-injection techniques assisted with ultrasonography (USG) and nerve stimulator in patients operated for carpal tunnel syndrome with articaine. To evaluate which technique is more effective, we compared the onset time, effectiveness, and duration of block procedures, patient satisfaction, adverse effect of the drug, and complication rates of the motor and sensory blocks.

Methods: Sixty patients were randomly divided into two groups.

Comparative evaluation of the electrophysiological, functional and ultrastructural effects of alpha lipoic acid and cyanocobalamin administration in a rat model of sciatic nerve injury.

Background: Vitamin B12 and alpha lipoic acid (ALA) are known to promote functional and morphological recovery after peripheral nerve injury.

Objective: To compare the regenerative and neuroprotective effects of vitamin B12 and ALA treatment after sciatic nerve injury.

Methods: A total of 40 rats were randomly assigned to control (sciatic nerve exposure without injury or anastomosis), sham (sciatic nerve injury and epineural anastomosis were performed but no treatment was administered), PS (isotonic saline was administered for 12 weeks after surgery), ALA (2 mg/kg ALA was administered for 12 weeks after surgery), and vitamin B12 groups (2 mg/kg cyanocobalamin was administered for 12 weeks after surgery).

A Serous Peritoneal Cancer Revealing Itself With Double Breast Cancer Metastases in 2 Different Periods.

A 72-year-old woman presented with a mass on the right axilla. This was thought to be an occult breast cancer case, and the patient was treated with modified radical mastectomy, followed by hormonotherapy. Two years later she presented with incarcerated umbilical hernia.

Obturator nerve block transurethral surgery for bladder cancer: comparison of inguinal and intravesical approaches: prospective randomized trial.

Aim: Transurethral resection of bladder tumors close to these areas may stimulate the obturator nerve, causing violent adductor contraction and possible inadvertent bladder perforation. To avoid this reaction, local anesthetic blockade of the obturator nerve as it passes through the obturator canal is effective in stopping adductor spasm during spinal anesthesia.

Methods: Forty-one patients undergoing (transurethral resection of bladder tumor) TUR-BT with spinal anesthesia who required (obturator nerve block) ONB were included in the study.

Novel approach for pain control in patients undergoing prostate biopsy: iliohypogastric nerve block with or without topical application of prilocaine-lidocaine: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of a novel anesthetic technique called iliohypogastric nerve block (INB) for pain control in patients undergoing prostate biopsy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 59 consecutive patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound guided prostates biopsies were included in the study. Patients were randomized into four groups: (1) control, no method of anesthesia was administered, (2) intrarectal prilocaine-lidocaine cream application, (3) INB and (4) INB + intrarectal prilocaine-lidocaine cream application (combined group).

Comparison of the effects of low volume prilocaine and alkalinized prilocaine for the regional intravenous anesthesia technique in hand and wrist surgery.

Aim: Comparing the effectivity of prilocaine and prilocaine alkalinized with 8.4% NaHCO3 in terms of sensory and motor block onset and termination durations in RIVA technique considering patients' satisfaction and tolerance with application of tourniquet undergoing hand-wrist surgery.

Materials And Methods: 64 patients were randomised into two groups.

Effect of sedation with midazolam or propofol on patient's comfort during cancer chemotherapy infusion: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study in breast cancer patients.

Nausea, vomiting and anxiety related to administration of cancer chemotherapy remain significant problems. This randomized, clinical trial was undertaken to evaluate the effect of sedation on the patient's comfort during chemotherapy infusion in patients with breast cancer. Forty-five breast cancer patients were randomized into three groups: Group I--chemotherapy, control, Group II--midazolam+chemotherapy, and Group III--propofol+chemotherapy.