Ultrasound-Guided Suprazygomatic Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Postdural Puncture Headache Resistant to Epidural Blood Patch: A Case Report.

Even though epidural blood patch (EBP) is thought to be the definitive treatment for severe cases of postdural puncture headache (PDPH), it may be accompanied by complications like adhesion arachnoiditis, and cauda equina syndrome, especially if the injection is repeated. The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block is a new minimally invasive technique for the treatment of PDPH, with variable results according to the clinical situation and deployed approach. We describe a case of PDPH resistant to EBP in which we successfully managed symptoms using ultrasound-guided suprazygomatic SPG block to deliver local anesthetic directly into pterygopalatine fossa, thus avoiding a second EBP.

Preemptive analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversalis fascia plane block in children undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study.

Background: Surgical repair of congenital inguinal hernia results in significant postoperative discomfort and pain. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the pre-emptive analgesic efficacy of a transversalis fascia plane (TFP) block after pediatric inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Methods: Forty-four patients aged 12 to 60 months who underwent unilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy were enrolled.

Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Caudal Epidural Calcitonin for Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome.

Context: Pain resulting from failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is generally resistant to physiotherapy and pharmacological treatment.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of adding calcitonin to local anesthetic and steroids during ultrasound-guided caudal epidural injection for patients suffering from FBSS.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-six patients were randomly allocated into two equal groups.

Ultrasound-Guided Adductor Canal Block versus Combined Adductor Canal and Infiltration between the Popliteal Artery and the Posterior Capsule of the Knee Block for Osteoarthritis Knee Pain.

Context: Minimally invasive therapeutic modalities have been used to relieve refractory pain of knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Objective: The main objective of the study was to compare the adductor canal block (ACB) with combined ACB and infiltration between the popliteal artery and the posterior capsule of the knee (I-PACK) in patients suffering knee OA pain.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-six patients were randomly allocated into two equal groups: Group I received ultrasound-guided ACB with 10 mL of 0.

Comparative Evaluation of Dexamethasone and Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants for Bupivacaine in Ultrasound-Guided Infraorbital Nerve Block for Cleft Lip Repair: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study.

Purpose: To compare dexamethasone (DA) to dexmedetomidine (DE) as adjuvants for bupivacaine during infraorbital nerve block (IONB) in a randomized clinical trial.

Patients And Methods: One hundred patients were randomized into two equal groups. By the guidance of ultrasound, the IONB was performed bilaterally in all patients, using 1 mL of the solution on each side.

Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae versus Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Children Undergoing Inguinal Surgeries.

Context: Erector spinae plane (ESP) block is a promising technique in the field of pediatric postoperative analgesia considering its safety and simplicity.

Objective: The objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve (IIN) block and ESP block for postoperative analgesia after pediatric unilateral inguinal hernia repair.

Patients And Methods: Sixty patients randomized into two equal groups.

Blind Tracheal Intubation through the Air-Q Intubating Laryngeal Airway in Pediatric Patients: Reevaluation - A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Context: Some pediatric supraglottic airway devices have not been evaluated in a large perspective for blind intubation although they are validated as a conduit for fiberoptic-guided intubation.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the success rate of blind technique with correction maneuvers versus fiberoptic-guided intubation through the air-Q laryngeal airway in pediatric patients.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and twenty-six pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia were randomized into two equal groups.