[Effectiveness of low dose PCEA for postoperative pain after laparoscopic gynecological surgeries--a comparison of laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy and myomectomy].

Background: We evaluated the effectiveness of low-dose patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) in the patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery, and investigated the difference of postoperative pain between patients for laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy and those for myomectomy.

Methods: Thirteen patients (ASA PS 1 or 2), scheduled for laparoscopic surgery, were enrolled in this study. They were divided into two groups of ovarian cystectomy (group C, n=17) and myomectomy (group M, n=13).

Nasal sumatriptan as adjunctive therapy for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: report of three cases.

We examine the effect of nasal sumatriptan as an adjunctive therapy in 3 patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia refractory to carbamazepine (CBZ) and found that this therapy might be suitable for patients for whom the CBZ dose cannot be increased, who are under poor pain control, and who are not candidates for nerve blocks or surgery.