Comparative study of two anesthesia methods according to postoperative complications and one month mortality rate in the candidates of hip surgery.

Background: Surgery for hip fractures can be done under general or neuraxial anesthesia. This study aimed to compare these two methods concerning their postoperative complications, duration of operation, hospitalization and the mortality rate within a period of one month after surgery.

Methods: 400 patients aged more than 30 years old and scheduled for elective operative fixation of fractured hip, randomly enrolled in two equal groups of general (GA) and neuraxial (NA) anesthesia.

Effect of oral ketamine on the postoperative pain and analgesic requirement following orthopedic surgery.

Background: Ketamine is a potent analgesic agent in addition to its anesthetic properties. Oral ketamine has been used to treat postoperative stump pain following lower limb amputation. In this study, oral ketamine was used to reduce the severity of postoperative pain following orthopedic surgery.