osteogenesis imperfecta is a rare inherited connective tissue disorder with an expression that varies from mild to severe disease affecting bone, sclera and middle ear. fertility is preserved, especially in those patients with type 1. we present hereby a pregnant woman with osteogenesis imperfecta that had over 30 fractures in long bones and vertebrae. the object of this report was to determine...

this research project is a field study to investigate the complications of general anaesthesia with mask in patients under surgery in a hospital affiliated to university of medical sciences iran. the specific goals of this study are as follows:   -to determine some of the characters of patients under study.   -to determine the complications of general anesthesia with mask during surgery in one ...

INTRODUCTION The first ophthalmologic complication in conjunction with a dental anesthesia was reported in 1936. The objective of the present study was a detailed analysis of case reports about that topic. MATERIAL AND METHODS After conducting a literature search in PubMed this study analyzed 108 ophthalmologic complications following intraoral local anesthesia in 65 case reports with respect...

Neurologic complications associated with regional anesthesia and pain medicine practice are extremely rare. The ASRA Practice Advisory on Neurologic Complications in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine addresses the etiology, differential diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of these complications. This Advisory does not focus on hemorrhagic and infectious complications, because they have bee...

To the Editor: We read with a great interest the article by Canet et al. regarding pulmonary complications after surgery. The authors have evaluated the incidence of this frequent adverse event and its risk factors in more than 2,000 patients. They found that postoperative pulmonary complications occur in 5% of patients and identify several patient-related (e.g., age, low preoperative SpO2, acu...

Results: 51 patients underwent phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia and 49 patients underwent phacoemulsification under peribulbar anesthesia. No statistical differences were found in surgery duration, intra-operative complications, pain, blood pressure or Oxygen saturation (SPO2). Topical group did not require additional subconjunctival injection. 4/49 (8.16%) in peribulbar group requi...

PURPOSE To examine possible differences in the clinical outcomes of topical anesthesia (TA) and regional anesthesia including retrobulbar anesthesia (RBA) and peribulbar anesthesia (PBA) in phacoemulsification. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. PARTICIPANTS Patients from previously published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of phacoemulsification under TA and RBA/PBA reporting ...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) is a standard technique for the treatment of lumbar disc hernia. Thus far, most surgeons have recommended local anesthesia. However, in clinical practice, some patients experience pain and are unable to cooperate with the surgery during intervertebral foramen hemp expansion. The use of general anesthesia may create a greater risk of co...