background: we conducted a retrospective analysis to evaluate the impact of omission of supraclavicular radiotherapy on supraclavicular failure rate and treatment outcomes in n1 breast cancer patients with evaluation of prognostic factors that affected supraclavicular recurrence free survival. methods: this study analyzed the medical records of 109 patients with n1 breast cancer. all patients u...

Background: Adjuvants to local anesthetics have been used prolong the duration of analgesia after brachial plexus block surgery. This study evaluates effects adding magnesium sulfate and fentanyl with ropivacaine in supraclavicular analgesia. Aims Objectives: The aim present was compare onset sensory motor blockade quality perioperative post-operative side if any, provided by as adjuvants block...

Background: Regional anesthesia avoids airway instrumentation, preserves conscious level and provide rapid recovery with significant postoperative analgesia. There has always been a search for adjuvants to the regional nerve block drugs that prolong duration of analgesia but lesser adverse effects. The ideal additive still continues, therefore in this study, we investigated effects addition dex...

Diagnosis and accurate staging of lung cancer is essential for selection of appropriate curative or palliative therapy and affects patient prognosis. Both invasive and non-invasive procedures are used for this purpose. We aimed to assess the frequency of no palpable supraclavicular lymph node metastases in lung cancer patients with enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, and their impact on diagnosis...