Patients with vertebral fractures are frequently encountered and those with thoracic and lumbar spine fractures are likely to have associated injuries. Detection of a widened mediastinum after trauma is very nonspecific and most of the time it is related to aortic injury or mediastinal hematoma. Vertebral or sternal fractures can also be the cause of mediastinal hematoma with or without aortic ...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous bilateral iliopsoas hematomas is a rare complication after anticoagulant therapy. Furthermore, the onset of bilateral iliopsoas hematoma is unknown because the causes are unclear. CASE PRESENTATION A 65-year-old man on anticoagulant therapy after mechanical aortic valve replacement was admitted after presenting with severe pain in the left flank and abdomen. Abdominal C...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the current study was to compare block of the sciatic nerve through the anterior approach by two methods, namely, the nerve-stimulator guided and ultrasound-guided, with or without nerve stimulation, with regard to the ease of performance, reliability and safety of this approach. PATIENTS AND METHODS 36 adult patients were randomly allocated equally into one of 2 main ...

Background: This study evaluated the safety and complications between the ultrasound guided lateral and anterior approach to administrate the local anesthetic for stellate ganglion block. Methods: Sixty two patients scheduled for ultrasound guided stellate ganglion block randomized into two equal comparable groups. The first group) Group I (received stellate ganglion block through anterior appr...

conclusions preoperative echocardiography, applied before elective and emergency percutaneous coronary interventions, plays a key role in detecting many intervention-related complications in the post-intervention period. case presentation a 65-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department and acute inferolateral myocardial infarction was diagnosed. the left atrial hematoma as a...

brain injury associated with methanol toxicity can be ischemic, necrotic or hemorrhagic in nature. it most commonly affects the putamenal area bilaterally, but can be seen in other locations. this report describes a 22-year-old intoxicated patient who developed an epidural hematoma following hemodialysis. heparinization during hemodialysis may contribute to cerebral hemorrhagic complications in...

BACKGROUND Pain is a major limiting factor in patient's recovery from major thoracic surgical procedures. Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA), the current gold standard of perioperative management, has contraindications, can technically fail, and carries a risk of complications such as epidural abscess and spinal hematoma. The ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane (SAP) block is a promising r...