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Reg Anesth Pain Med
January 2025
Anaesthesia, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Ireland.
Background: Continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) offers precise, prolonged neuraxial anesthesia suitable for high-risk patients. This technique minimizes hemodynamic instability but comes with notable challenges. Vigilant catheter management is crucial to avoid complications, including the risk of catheter retention.
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January 2025
3D Research at TISC, The International Spine Centre, Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Objectives: Restorative neurostimulation for multifidus muscle is a novel therapy for chronic low back pain (CLBP). Optimal outcomes require interdisciplinary follow-up. We describe a clinical care pathway (CPW) for this therapy and report patient compliance, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction with the CPW.
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December 2024
Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, SAU.
Congenital factor VII (FVII) deficiency is a rare coagulation disorder that increases the risk of bleeding complications during surgery. Although laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most common metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS), it is rarely performed in patients with congenital coagulation disorders such as FVII deficiency, due to the high risk of intraoperative and postoperative bleeding. We report the case of a 57-year-old female with class II obesity (BMI 37.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Naha City Hospital, Okinawa, Japan.
Introduction: Although abdominal organ damage due to motor vehicle accident is often evident immediately after the injury and urgent operation is performed, it has been reported that minor injuries such as hollow viscus may become apparent during the course of treatment and require urgent surgery.
Case Report: The Authors present the case of a 42-year-old female who developed peritonitis immediately after undergoing surgery for thoracolumbar fracture-dislocation caused by a traffic accident. The patient exhibited no abdominal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, or abdominal wall rigidity, and had no difficulty with oral intake preoperatively.
Ann Ital Chir
January 2025
General Surgeon, Arab Medical Center, 11181 Amman, Jordan.
Aim: Gastric twist is a rare, however, troublesome complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. This report describes a case complicated by perforation and leak in addition to twist. The patient was managed conservatively and successfully.
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