Efficacy of parasternal peripheral nerve catheters no block for median sternotomy: a single-centre retrospective study.

Background: Sternal pain after cardiac surgery results in considerable discomfort. Single-injection parasternal fascial plane blocks have been shown to reduce pain scores and opioid consumption during the first 24 h after surgery, but the efficacy of continuous infusion has not been evaluated. This retrospective cohort study examined the effect of a continuous infusion of local anaesthetic through parasternal catheters on the integrated Pain Intensity and Opioid Consumption (PIOC) score up to 72 h.

Improved outcomes for spinal versus general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery: a retrospective cohort study of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Background: There is a lack of consensus in the literature as to whether anesthetic modality influences perioperative complications in hip fracture surgery. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of spinal anesthesia compared with general anesthesia on postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients who underwent hip fracture surgery using data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP).

Methods: We used the ACS NSQIP to identify patients aged 50 and older who received either spinal or general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery from 2016 to 2019.

Postoperative outcomes and anesthesia type in total knee arthroplasty in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

We investigated the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), 30/90-day readmission rates and perioperative complications (postoperative cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infectious or intraoperative complications) in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. We analyzed records of patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty using State Inpatient Databases. Demographics, comorbidities, 30/90-day readmission rates and complications were compared by OSA status.

Neuraxial Anesthesia and Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Ankle Surgery in a Patient With Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report.

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare autoimmune disease that targets the peripheral nervous system. The literature on the use of regional anesthesia in CIDP is limited. We report a patient with CIDP who received a combined spinal-epidural (CSE) and saphenous and popliteal peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) for ankle surgery.