Postoperative Pain Therapy with Laser Acupuncture after Cesarean Section under Spinal Anesthesia: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Purpose: The aim of our prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was to investigate the effect of laser acupuncture on postoperative pain in women undergoing cesarean section.

Methods: 99 women (mean age 32 ± 5 years) scheduled for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia at Saarland University Hospital Medical Center, Homburg (Germany) were enrolled in this trial after giving written consent. Patients were randomized in two groups receiving a course of 3 treatments over 3 days with either active or placebo laser.

Reflection Versus Rebreathing for Administration of Sevoflurane During Minor Gynecological Surgery.

Background: Contemporary anesthetic circle systems, when used at low fresh gas flows (FGF) to allow rebreathing of anesthetic, lack the ability for rapid dose titration. The small-scale anesthetic reflection device Anaesthetic Conserving Device (50mL Version; AnaConDa-S) permits administration of volatile anesthetics with high-flow ventilators. We compared washin, washout, and sevoflurane consumption using AnaConDa-S versus a circle system with low and minimal FGF.

Significant improvement of laparoscopic knotting time in medical students through manual training with potential cost savings in laparoscopy - an observational study.

Objective: Laparoscopy is a standard procedure in operative gynaecology, but laparoscopic simulator training for novices/junior surgeons is not currently well-established. The aims of this study were to demonstrate that a laparoscopic knot course for trainees can significantly shorten the knotting time and to perform a counter-value calculation for the clinic’s costs.

Material And Methods: An observational study was performed with exercises on a laparoscopic box trainer as part of the practical clerkship in gynaecology and obstetrics between 07.

Clinical implications and economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on gynecology, obstetrics and reproductive medicine in Germany: learning from Italy.

The infection with the novel SARS Cov-2 Coronavirus, the cause of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, possessing its origin in the Chinese province Hubei, has reached the extent of a global pandemic within a few months. After aerosol infection, most people experience mild respiratory infection with cold symptoms such as cough and fever, and healing within two weeks. In about 5% of those infected, however, a severe course develops with the occurrence of multiple subpleural bronchopulmonary infiltrates and even death as a result of respiratory failure.

Muscle Relaxants as a Risk Factor for Vis-à-tergo During Penetrating Keratoplasty: A Prospective Interventional Study.

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the influence of three muscle relaxants on intraocular pressure (IOP), ocular pulse amplitude (OPA), and vis-à-tergo (VAT) in patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) under general anesthesia.

Methods: Ninety-five patients undergoing PKP were included in this prospective single-center interventional study. IOP and OPA were measured with a dynamic contour tonometer before and 5 min after onset of general anesthesia.