The effect of preemptive retrolaminar block on lumbar spinal decompression surgery.

Purpose: Spinal decompression surgery causes severe pain. Retrolaminar block (RLB) is block, which is done by infiltration of local anesthetic to block spinal nerves between the lamina and superior costotransversospinalis muscle. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of RLB on postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing spinal surgery.

The effects of preoperative reactions of emotional distress on headache and acute low back pain after spinal anesthesia: A prospective study.

Objectives: To address the effect of preoperative symptoms of depression and anxiety on headache and low back pain after spinal anesthesia.

Methods: This prospective observational cohort study included 370 patients who underwent spinal anesthesia before elective surgeries at a university hospital. The patients were evaluated in terms of symptoms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory) and anxiety (Beck Anxiety Scale) while in their wards.

The Wastage and Economic Effects of Anaesthetic Drugs and Consumables in the Operating Room.

Objective: Anaesthesia is a branch in which new anaesthetic drugs, devices, instruments and new treatment methods have been developed. Because of these innovations, health expenditures have escalated. Anaesthetic drugs and consumables constitute the majority of these expenses.

Effects of intravenous and mask induction on post-operative emergence delirium in pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy.

Background: Emergence delirium occurs in children during recovery from general anesthesia. The aim of the study was to examine the effects of mask and intravenous sevoflurane anesthesia induction on emergence delirium in children undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy.

Methods: This single-blinded, prospective, randomized clinical trial was conducted in the operating room and the post-operative recovery area at a university hospital.

The Effect of Erector Spinae Plane Block on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Anesthesia: Analysis of Opioid Consumption, Sevoflurane Consumption, and Cost.

Erector spinae plane (ESP) block has been increasingly suggested for laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) as a part of multimodal analgesia in many studies. However, there is not any study that investigated the perioperative effects of ESP block on anesthetic agent consumption and cost of LC anesthesia. This is the first study that evaluates the effect of ESP block in terms of cost-effectiveness, intraoperative consumption of inhalation agents, and perioperative consumption of opioids.

The effects of ketamine and lidocaine on free radical production after tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion injury in adults.

Background: The primary aim of this study was to compare the effects of a small-dose infusion of 2 antioxidant agents, ketamine and lidocaine, on ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in patients undergoing elective lower limb surgery. Ischemia-modified albumin (IMA), lactate, and blood gas levels were all measured and assessed.

Methods: A total of 100 patients who underwent lower extremity surgery were randomized into 3 groups.

An evaluation of the protective effect of esomeprazole in an experimental model of renal ischemia-reperfusion.

Purpose: The ischemia and subsequent reperfusion (IR) which occurs in partial nephrectomy used in the treatment of renal tumors causes loss of parenchyma in the damaged kidney. The aim of this study is to evaluate, both biochemically and histologically, the efficacy of esomeprazole in an ischemia-reperfusion model in rat kidneys.

Methods: The rats were randomized into three groups of seven animals each, referred to as the sham, control, and PPI groups.

Anaesthesia Management in a Patient with Waardenburg Syndrome and Review of the Literature.

Waardenburg syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease that may cause hearing loss, pigmentary abnormalities, neurocristopathy and partial albinism. Incidence is estimated as 2%-3% among the cases of congenital deafness and 1/42,000 of the general population. Children with Waardenburg syndrome usually require anaesthesia for the cochlear implant operation in early age.