Laryngeal granulomas in patients after two-jaw surgery - Four cases report.

Background: Endotracheal intubation can cause focal ischemia, damage or edema to the laryngeal mucosa, and may be followed by serious complications such as vocal cord paralysis, ulcers, and granulation tissue formation. Laryngeal granuloma is rare but also a significant late complication of endotracheal intubation, and anesthesiologists should be concerned about it.

Case: We experienced four cases of laryngeal granuloma that developed after two-jaw surgery January 2017-December 2018 in our hospital and would like to report these cases with brief review of literature.

Whole spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma.

A 26-year-old male who had no underlying disease, including coagulopathy, underwent thoracotomy and bleeding control due to hemothorax. On the fifth postoperative day, paralysis of both lower limbs occurred. Urgent spine magnetic resonance imaging showed a massive anterior spinal epidural hematoma from C2 to L1 level with different signal intensities, which was suspected to be staged hemorrhage.

Epidural hematoma after thoracic epidural analgesia in a patient treated with ketorolac, mefenamic acid, and naftazone: a case report.

A 26-year-old male undergoing thoracotomy and bleeding control received a preoperative thoracic epidural for postoperative analgesia. On the fifth postoperative day, paralysis of both lower limbs occurred and urgent magnetic resonance imaging showed massive anterior epidural hematoma. During laminectomy and decompression, platelet dysfunction was diagnosed and preoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs medications were supposed to the cause of platelet dysfunction.

Minimum effective volume of mepivacaine for ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block.

Background: The aim of this study was to estimate the minimum effective volume (MEV) of 1.5% mepivacaine for ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block by placing the needle near the lower trunk of brachial plexus and multiple injections.

Methods: Thirty patients undergoing forearm and hand surgery received ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block with 1.

Comparison of ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block according to the various volumes of local anesthetic.

Background: The ultrasound guidance in regional nerve blocks has recently been introduced and gaining popularity. Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block has many advantages including the higher success rate, faster onset time, and fewer complications. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical data according to the varied volume of local anesthetics in the ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block.

Dyspnea after supraclavicular brachial plexus block in a morbidly obese patient due to phrenic nerve block: A case report.

A 57-year-old woman with morbid obesity (BMI: 37.39) was scheduled for ligament reconstruction with tendon interposition of the carpometacarpal joint. A difficult supraclavicular brachial plexus block was performed using a 22-gauge regional block needle with a nerve stimulator and 40 ml of 1% mepivacaine.

Intracerebral hemorrhage in a patient with preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome which was diagnosed after caesarean section : A case report.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is one of very dangerous complications of preeclampsia/eclampsia. We experienced postoperative ICH in a 39-year-old woman with preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. The paturient complained severe headache and upper abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting.

The correlation between the effects of propofol on the auditory brainstem response and the postsynaptic currents of the auditory circuit in brainstem slices in the rat.

Background: Although there have been reports showing the changes of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) waves by propofol, no detailed studies have been done at the level of brainstem auditory circuit. So, we studied the effects of propofol on the postsynaptic currents of the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB)-lateral superior olive (LSO) synapses by using the whole cell voltage clamp technique and we compared this data with that obtained by the ABR.

Methods: 5 rats at postnatal (P) 15 days were used for the study of the ABR.

Tuberculosis like lesion on the epiglottis of a patient with an extrapulmonary tuberculosis abscess: A case report.

Epiglottic tuberculosis without pulmonary involvement is an uncommon disease that has rarely been described in Korea. We report here a case of a 36 year-old man with a recurrent tuberculosis abscess in his thigh. He had been treated with steroids for systemic lupus erythematosus, and he suffered from recurrent tuberculosis abscess in the thigh where he had received total hip replacement arthroplasty.

Effect of cryoanalgesia combined with intravenous continuous analgesia in thoracotomy patients.

Fifty patients undergoing thoracotomy was studied to compare the effects of cryoanalgesia combined with intravenous continuous analgesia (IVCA). Patients were randomized into two groups: IVCA group and IVCA-cryo group. Subjective pain intensity was assessed on a visual analogue scale at rest (VAS-R) and during movement (VAS-M).

Postoperative outcome in formerly premature infants undergoing herniorrhaphy: comparison of spinal and general anesthesia.

To compare the postoperative outcome according to the type of anesthesia, formerly prematured and high-risk infants who had received and weaned ventilator care preoperatively and had undergone inguinal herniorrhaphy were enrolled in this study. Immediate pre- and post-operative respiratory data which contained the lowest respiratory rates, SpO2, heart rates and the incidence of hypoxemia and bradycardia were collected with the incidence of ventilator care, application of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), application of oxygen, hospital stay, and respiratory mortality by chart review, retrospectively. Among the twenty-nine infants, fourteen received the general anesthesia (GA group), and fifteen received the spinal anesthesia (SA group).