The poor prognosis for patients with glioblastoma (GB) heightens the importance of maintaining function throughout treatment. Hyperglycemia has been linked to poor neurological outcomes following stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. We hypothesized this may also be true following the resection of GB. We assessed associations with post-operative function with the goal of identifying m...

A retrospective review of 253 patients who underwent coronary bypass surgery was performed. Eight (3.2%) had suffered a stroke either intra-operatively (4) or during the early post-operative period (4). A comparison of pre-operative and intra-operative variables between the stroke group and the stroke-free group showed a significant difference only for the hemoglobin level (p less than 0.01). A...

background: according to previous studies there are some different opinions on the pre-emptive effects of paracetamol in controlling post-operative pain, we aimed to compare the analgesic effects of pre-emptive paracetamol with post-operative paracetamol and morphine in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty. materials and methods: a hundred and six patients aged 15 to 50 were divided into 3 grou...

Dexamethasone has been used widely in clinical specialties including anesthesia. It is regarded as one of the ideal peri-operative agent being readily available, cheap, anti-inflammatory agent, prevents and treats post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), promotes appetite, suppress inflammation, a good analgesic agent both as intravenously or as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve blocks, it prov...

We evaluated our initial results in 57 patients who received the NexGen® CR-Flex Mobile knee system using the standard anterior approach in a prospective study. The bicondylar surface implant was cemented in position (Palacos®) without posterior patellar resurfacing. The clinical outcome and perioperative and post-operative complications were documented over 24 months of its use. Overall, after...