[Effectiveness of low dose PCEA for postoperative pain after laparoscopic gynecological surgeries--a comparison of laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy and myomectomy].

Background: We evaluated the effectiveness of low-dose patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) in the patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery, and investigated the difference of postoperative pain between patients for laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy and those for myomectomy.

Methods: Thirteen patients (ASA PS 1 or 2), scheduled for laparoscopic surgery, were enrolled in this study. They were divided into two groups of ovarian cystectomy (group C, n=17) and myomectomy (group M, n=13).

[A case report of hemidiaphragmatic paresis caused by interscalene brachial plexus block].

A 76-yr-old woman was scheduled for left upper extremity orthopedic procedure. Preoperative examinations were within normal limits except forced vital capacity. Interscalene brachial plexus block with 0.