Comparative study between surgical wound catheter, femoral nerve block, and adductor canal block for postoperative analgesia after knee arthroplasty: A double blind randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: The present study compared the surgical wound catheter (SWC), femoral nerve block (FNB), and adductor canal block (ACB) for postoperative analgesia after knee arthroplasty.

Methods: The study included (180) patients scheduled for unilateral total knee replacement and were randomly allocated into three groups. Patients received postoperative analgesia via continuous infusion of ropivacaine 0.

Effects of intrapartum epidural analgesia at high altitudes: maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. A randomized controlled trial of two formulations of analgesics.

Objectives: To investigate whether intrapartum epidural analgesics (bupivacaine or ropivacaine) have an influence (safety and efficacy) on mothers, fetuses, or newborns at high altitudes (2,200 m above the sea level).

Design: Prospective randomized trial.

Setting: A tertiary referral hospital in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.

Fetal responses to epidural analgesia as evidenced by Doppler indices.

Background: This study was designed to evaluate the maternal effects ofepidural analgesia by different local anesthetics and their impact on placental and fetal blood flow.

Methods: Depending on the type of local anesthetics used, sixty full-term parturients were randomly allocated into 3 equal groups in a randomized blind study; Group (1) received Bupivacaine (0.125%), Group (2) received Ropivacaine (0.

The effects of pneumoperitoneum on respiratory mechanics during general anesthesia for bariatric surgery.

Background: The effects of pneumoperitoneum (PPM) on respiratory mechanics during bariatric surgery were investigated.

Patients And Methods: 10 patients with BMI 50.5+/-8 kg/m(2) (range 40.