Postoperative analgesic effect of ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block and local anesthetic infiltration after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Results of a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Even if laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has lower invasiveness through small incisions compared with laparotomy, postoperative pain control is important.

Methods: This prospective, randomized, single-blinded, interventional, single-center study was conducted from December 2016 to March 2018 at the Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital in Japan. Enrolled patients were assigned to either a rectus sheath block (RSB) group or an infiltrative local anesthesia (LA) group.

[Difficult Airway Management in a Low Birth Weight Infant Using an Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscope].

We report a successful tracheal intubation in a low birth weight infant with difficult airway by using an upper gastrointestinal endoscope. A 1-day-old female weighing 1.8 kg having micrognathia, lateral facial cleft, and bilateral microtia suggestive of Goldenhar syn- drome complicated with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection was scheduled for surgical repair of duodenal atresia.