OBJECTIVE To describe a surgical technique to treat postoperative conjunctival chemosis. DESIGN Case report. RESULTS Two cases of postoperative chemosis in which the conventional methods failed were successfully treated by snip conjunctivoplasty, without recurrence. CONCLUSION Snip conjunctivoplasty is a simple and effective surgical approach to treat refractory postoperative chemosis.

Background Successful breastfeeding is a goal set forth by the World Health Organization to improve neonatal care. Increasingly, patients express the desire to breastfeed, and clinicians should facilitate successful breastfeeding. The primary aim of this study is to determine if postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) or postoperative pain are associated with decreased breastfeeding success af...

Objective: To assess the efficacy of ondansetron and dexamethasone in the prevention of nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Material and Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Surgery, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from May 2010 to December 2010. A total of 67 patients, aged 18 years and above, scheduled for elective cholecystectomy were...

A total of 1442 patients who had major gynaecological surgery were recruited into three multicentre studies using a standard general anaesthetic technique in order to assess the efficacy of various doses of orally administered ondansetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. A total of 1257 patients were included in this analysis: 420 received oral formulations of placebo and...

BACKGROUND Postoperative pruritus, nausea, and vomiting are common side effects of intrathecal or epidural opioids. Intravenous ondansetron has been used for postoperative emesis. However, there are no reports regarding epidural ondansetron. Two studies were conducted to evaluate the prophylactic effects of epidural ondansetron for opioid-induced pruritus, nausea, and vomiting. METHODS Neurot...

BACKGROUND We investigated the effects of a novel method of anesthesia combining propofol and volatile anesthesia on the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery. METHODS Patients were randomly divided into three groups: those maintained with sevoflurane (Group S, n=42), propofol (Group P, n=42), or combined propofol and sevoflur...