Appendectomy Pain Control by Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block in Children.

Background: Pain control after surgery in children is very important. Despite having good analgesic effects, the use of opioids is, however, limited due to side effects.

Objectives: This study was aimed to investigate the effect of transverse abdominis plane (TAP) block on the intensity and frequency of pain after appendectomy in children.

Effect of Tribulus terrestris L. on sperm parameters in men with idiopathic infertility: A systematic review.

Background And Objective(s): Tribulus terrestris L. is an herbal plant that has long been used as sex stimulant and to treat male infertility. This systematic review collected the clinical trials and/or quasi-experimental studies on the effect of T.

Effect of Manual Caudal and Downward Displacement of Lower Cervical Adipose Tissue on Laryngoscopic Grade of Patients with Morbid Obesity.

Background: The prevalence of obesity has substantially increased all over the world in the past decades and anesthesiologists more commonly encounter these patients. Excess cervical adipose tissues can result in the narrowing of the pharyngeal opening and affect laryngoscopic grade.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of manual caudal and cervical displacement of cervical adipose tissue on laryngoscopic view of morbid obese patients.

Thyroid hormonal status among children with obesity.

Background: It is presumed that free T4 and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels are related to obesity, but the findings are inconsistent. In this study we evaluated T4 and TSH concentrations between normal children and those with obesity and possible correlations between body mass index (BMI) and these markers.

Methods: In this prospective study, 190 children who were overweight and obese and 133 children without obesity of the same age and sex were evaluated.

Comparison of vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism in obese and non-obese children and adolescents.

Obesity subjects individuals into metabolic and endocrine disorders. Thus obesity may increase the risk of vitamin D deficiency. This text aims at studying the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism in obese children.