Neurotoxic effects of intrathecal magnesium sulphate.

Background And Objectives: To assess the potential neurotoxic effects at the ultrastructural level of magnesium sulfate administered intrathecally as a single or multi-dose.

Methods: Our study was conducted with 24 Sprague-Dawley rats that weighed 250-300 g. After a 4-hour fast, the rats were given 10 mg.

Neurotoxic effects of intrathecal magnesium sulphate.

Background And Objectives: To assess the potential neurotoxic effects at the ultrastructural level of magnesium sulfate administered intrathecally as a single or multi-dose.

Methods: Our study was conducted with 24 Sprague-Dawley rats that weighed 250-300 g. After a 4-hour fast, the rats were given 10 mg.

Selective spinal anaesthesia with low-dose bupivacaine and bupivacaine + fentanyl in ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgery.

Objective: To investigate the effects of selective spinal anaesthesia with low-dose bupivacaine alone and in combination with various doses of fentanyl, on blockage, haemodynamics, quality of anaesthesia, perioperative complications, and hospital release criteria.

Methods: This prospective study included 45 ASA I-II patients (age range: 20-77 years). The cases were randomised into 3 groups: Group 1 (n = 15) 0.

Ropivacaine for unilateral spinal anesthesia; hyperbaric or hypobaric?

Background And Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the unilaterality of subarachnoid block achieved with hyperbaric and hypobaric ropivacaine.

Methods: The prospective, randomized trial was conducted in an orthopedics surgical suite. In all, 60 ASA I-III patients scheduled for elective total knee arthroplasty were included in the study.

Pre-emptive analgesic and haemodynamic efficacy of combined spinal-epidural neostigmine delivery.

Objective: To determine the effect of pre-emptive epidurally administered 4 or 8 mcg/kg neostigmine on analgesia, mean arterial pressure, heart rate and side effects in intra and postoperative period.

Study Design: Randomized, double blinded, controlled clinical trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from January to December 2008.

Comparison of 0.25% levobupivacaine and 0.25% bupivacaine for posterior approach interscalene brachial plexus block.

Purpose: This study compares the onset time and quality of posterior approach interscalene brachial plexus block produced by 0.25% levobupivacaine and 0.25% bupivacaine.

Selective spinal anesthesia for inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Objective: To determine the characteristic profiles of 2 hypobaric spinal anesthetic solutions for selective spinal anesthesia in inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Methods: The study took place in the general surgery room of Anesthesia Department, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital between May and July 2005 as a prospective, randomized and double-blind trial. Sixty-one ASA I-III patients scheduled for inguinal herniorrhaphy were randomly divided into 2 groups.

Unilateral pudendal nerve blockade for relief of all pain during transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy of unilateral pudendal nerve block for the relief of all pain during transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy. TRUS-guided prostate biopsy is the standard procedure to diagnose or rule out prostate cancer. The pain, attributed to ultrasound probe insertion and the needle punctures into the prostate, inflicted by TRUS-guided prostate biopsy limits its effectiveness.