Results.Anaesthesia for surgery was adequate in both groups. Pin-prick analgesia was achieved at a similar rate, except in the radial nerve distribution area where at 10 min 60% of Ropi and 90% of Prilo patients had analgesia (P=0.017). At 10 min 100 and 97% had motor block of the hand in the Ropi and Prilo groups, respectively. Recovery of the sensory block in all innervation areas was already...

BACKGROUND The use of a pneumatic tourniquet to obtain a bloodless field during a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) allows the surgeon to work with greater technical precision in a safe, clear environment. Despite the benefits of surgical tourniquets and many advances in tourniquet equipment, their use is not without risk and complications may still occur. The primary aim of this study was to deter...

background despite several studies investigating the pathophysiologic effects of tourniquet usage in extremity surgeries, there are not enough data about these effects in adhesion release surgeries of burn patients. in the light of numerous metabolic changes of burn tissues, we tried to determine whether there are any significant differences in metabolic responses of burn tissues to tourniquet ...

BACKGROUND Compression of the tissue beneath tourniquets used in limb surgery is associated with varying degrees of soft tissue damage. The interaction between fluids and applied pressure seems to play an important role in the appearance of skin lesions. The extent of the transfer of force between the tourniquet and the skin, however, has yet to be studied. The aim of the present study was to q...

A 26-year-old nurse presented with a three-day history of sudden onset of pyrexia of 39 °C, malaise, and a patchy maculopapular rash, after returning from a monthlong work in Senegal. A tourniquet was applied to help locate the vein for diagnostic blood sampling. After the procedure, a petechial rash erupted with a demarcation line below the level of the tourniquet. A diagnostic test for dengue...

Blood flow restriction (BFR) may become ineffective or potentially dangerous without sufficient standardization. The purpose of this investigation was therefore to (1) assess the viability multiple sizes a novel BFR cuff determine arterial occlusion pressure (AOP) and (2) compare resting arterial, venous calf muscle pump (cMP)-mediated blood between aforementioned conditions commonly employed w...

OBJECTIVE The goal of the study was to investigate the regional intravenous anesthesia procedure in knee arthroscopy and to evaluate the effects of adding ketamine over the anesthesia block charactery and tourniquet pain. MATERIAL/METHOD Forty American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) II patients who received knee arthroscopy were enrolled. After monitoring, a peripheral IV line was inserte...

BACKGROUND Despite several studies investigating the pathophysiologic effects of tourniquet usage in extremity surgeries, there are not enough data about these effects in adhesion release surgeries of burn patients. In the light of numerous metabolic changes of burn tissues, we tried to determine whether there are any significant differences in metabolic responses of burn tissues to tourniquet...