Background/aim: In open heart surgery, sternotomy causes inflammation in tissues, and inflammation causes postoperative pain. This study aims to examine the effects of bilateral erector spinae plane (ESP) blocks on postoperative extubation time and laboratory parameters in open heart surgery.
Materials And Methods: The study was managed using retrospective data from 85 patients who underwent open-heart surgery.
Background: Postoperative pain management is an important aspect of anesthesia care and multimodal analgesic techniques are generally recommended.
Objective: To compare the effect of spinal anesthesia + transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block application on postoperative analgesia quality and patient satisfaction with spinal anesthesia + intrathecal morphine (ITM) application.
Methods: A total of 70 patients were randomly separated into 2 groups as spinal anesthesia + TAP block (TAP block group, n = 34) and spinal anesthesia + ITM group (ITM group, n = 36).
J Neurosci Nurs
June 2023
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify the learning needs of spinal surgery patients before hospital discharge. METHODS: This cross-sectional study consisted of 117 spinal surgery patients admitted to the neurosurgery department between October 2019 and March 2020. Data were collected using a descriptive information form, visual analog scale, and the Patient Learning Needs Scale.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to use Kuflu (a mould-ripened cheese) cheese slurry to accelerate ripening, improve biological activity and flavour development in a model cheese in terms of proteolysis and volatile compounds. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed for the model cheese to determine higher proteolysis and volatile development level during ripening as a function of Kuflu cheese slurry addition level (0-5 %), salt concentration (1-3 %) and ripening temperature (5-15 °C). The highest aminopeptidase activities (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: In this study, we aimed to compare the transversus abdominis plan block (TAP) and quadratus lumborum block (QL) efficacy for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing varicocelectomy under spinal anesthesia.
Methods: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 1 and 2 patients, aged 18-45 years, who underwent varicocelectomy operation under elective conditions, were included. Eighty patients were divided into three groups as TAP group, QL group, and control group by prospective randomization.