Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia versus epidural anesthesia in the treatment of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative study.

Background: Total hip arthroplasty is a common surgical procedure used to reduce pain and improve hip joint function in patients with advanced hip inflammation. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia is more effective in reducing postoperative anxiety. In addition, combined spinal and epidural anesthesia is associated with a lower incidence of respiratory complications like atelectasis.

The role of propofol on mouse oocyte meiotic maturation and early embryo development.

SummaryPropofol is a intravenous anaesthetic most commonly used in ultrasound oocyte retrieval. We studied if the use of propofol had an effect on mouse oocyte maturation, pregnancy, childbirth and progeny and investigated the correlation between propofol side effects and reproductive performance in mice. There was no statistical difference in mating, pregnancy, childbirth, litter size, the number of stillbirths and survival between each group (P>0.