Comparison of esmolol to nitroglycerine in controlling hypotension during nasal surgery.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare esmolol to nitroglycerine in terms of effectiveness in controlling hypotension during nasal surgery.

Materials And Methods: After approval by our institutional Ethics Committee, 40 patients were recruited and randomized into two drug groups: esmolol (Group E) and nitroglycerine (Group N). In group E, a bolus dose of 500 μg/kg esmolol was administered over 30 sec followed by continuous administration at a dose of 25-300 μg/ kg/min to maintain systolic arterial pressure at 80 mmHg.

Comparison of ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block versus spinal anesthesia for inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the optimal anesthetic technique for use in elective herniorrhaphy.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 126 inguinal hernia repairs. The patients were allocated to one of two groups: an ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block group (IHNB group, n = 63) and spinal anesthesia group (SA group, n = 63).