"Like a Normal Person Again": A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Headache Surgery.

Background: Outcomes after migraine surgery have been previously assessed using quantitative measurements, including the migraine headache index. Qualitative methodologies offer the ability to analyze patients' perceptions and pain experience, and may point to changes in domains not captured by quantitative instruments. The purpose of this study was to characterize individual patients' experiences with migraines and to analyze how patients' experience of headaches changes in relation to surgery.

The analgesic impact of preoperative lumbar plexus blocks for hip arthroscopy. A retrospective review.

This study aimed to examine the impact of preoperative lumbar plexus blockade on perioperative analgesia and opioid consumption following hip arthroscopy. The records of patients (n = 236) who underwent hip arthroscopy between July 27, 2004 and November 15, 2009 were reviewed (118 patients with preoperative lumbar plexus block and 118 procedure matched patients without a preoperative block). Baseline patient characteristics were similar between groups.

Astronaut EVA exposure estimates from CAD model spacesuit geometry.

Ongoing assembly and maintenance activities at the International Space Station (ISS) require much more extravehicular activity (EVA) than did the earlier U.S. Space Shuttle missions.