Differential lung ventilation assessed by electrical impedance tomography in ultrasound-guided anterior suprascapular nerve block vs. interscalene brachial plexus block: A patient and assessor-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Background: Ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB) is used to control pain after shoulder surgery. Though effective, drawbacks include phrenic nerve block and motor block of the hand. The ultrasound-guided anterior approach to perform suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) may provide a good alternative.

The application of surgical procedure manager (SPM): first experience with FESS.

In our hypothesis, the newly developed program SPM (surgical procedure manager) will ensure successful standardization and efficiency of the FESS (functional endoscopic sinus surgery) and therefore make a decisive contribution in terms of economization and improvement of intraoperative quality. Between 27th March 2015 and 8th October 2015, data from 259 FESS procedures were collected using the SPM. The study took place at the surgical desk, an operating room in the ACQUA clinic in Leipzig, Germany.

Anterior Suprascapular Nerve Block Versus Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block for Shoulder Surgery in the Outpatient Setting: A Randomized Controlled Patient- and Assessor-Blinded Trial.

Background And Objectives: The interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB), a potent option to control pain after shoulder surgery, has notable adverse effects. The anterior suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) might provide comparable analgesia and cause less grip-strength impairment. These characteristics were studied in this randomized controlled patient- and assessor-blinded trial.

Intracorporeal knotting of a femoral nerve catheter.

Peripheral nerve catheters are effective and well-established tools to provide postoperative analgesia to patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. The performance of these techniques is usually considered safe. However, placement of nerve catheters may be associated with a considerable number of side effects and major complications have repeatedly been published.

[Instrument navigation in ensonasal sinus surgery].

Background: It is to be expected that, microsurgical operations in ENT must be partially performed without direct vision, e. g. without the possibility of controlling the preparation progress.

[The 'Surgical Deck': a new generation of integrated operational rooms for ENT].

Background: Existing operating room concepts do not meet modern technological opportunities anymore. The "Surgical Deck" is supposed to represent a prototype for a new operating room generation. The objective of the project is to achieve a better integration of functions and to develop an innovative concept for a highly developed surgical workstation.