Publications by authors named "Xinggen Zhou"
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- The growing use of laparoscopic surgery shows better clinical results, but it also has some reported complications.
- A 72-year-old male had a successful laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair but developed post-op subcutaneous emphysema and bilateral tension pneumothorax, requiring immediate emergency treatment.
- This case highlights the need for careful monitoring and quick response from anesthetists during laparoscopic procedures, as patients can face rare but serious complications like pneumothorax due to carbon dioxide insufflation.
Previous studies have found that intravenous dexamethasone may produce perineal pruritus in some patients when administered as premedicant in the preoperative period. This randomized controlled, double-blind study evaluated the efficacy of pretreatment of lidocaine on the incidence and severity of dexamethasone-induced perineal pruritus. 400 patients were enrolled in this study and allocated randomly into four groups (n=100, in each).
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