BACKGROUND: Nowadays, ultrasound is increasingly used with a great accuracy in performing nerve blocks for facet joint disease. OBJECTIVES: To measure sonoanatomic characteristics for the facet joints of lumbar vertebras in patients with f…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine specific risk factors that increase the failure rate of labor epidurals reactivated for use as a surgical block for postpartum tubal ligation. DESIGN: Prospective, observational study. SETTING: Labor and deli…
Thoracic endometriosis syndrome is a relatively uncommon disorder characterized by recurrent pneumothoraces, hemothorax, chest pain, dyspnea, and hemoptysis within 48 to 72 hours of menstruation. A 34 year old, ASA physical status 2 woman w…
A rare case of postoperative cardiac arrest in an otherwise healthy, 49-year-old female patient who had a laparoscopic hysterectomy, is presented. The cause of cardiac arrest was due to massive pulmonary embolism, which was detected by tran…
Endometriosis occurs in 5% to 10% of women of childbearing age and involves the proliferation of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Thoracic endometriosis is the most frequent extrapelvic manifestation of endometriosis, numberin…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the analgesic efficacy of administering controlled-release (CR) oxycodone 10 mg before elective ambulatory laparoscopic tubal ligation surgery. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind study. PATIENTS: 50 healthy women…