Rectus sheath block is an interesting analgesic technique for umbilical hernia repair and there are some case reports where it was even used as the sole anesthetic. We describe the clinical case of a patient who required an urgent surgery for an incarcerated umbilical hernia and who was successfully mana...
BACKGROUND: Anesthesia during brachytherapy therapy poses a significant challenge as radiotherapy rooms are neither designed nor equipped for the administration of anesthesia. AIMS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent brachytherapy performed under anesthesia, to describe t...
The objective of this study was to determine changes on intraocular pressure (IOP) and pupil diameter (PD) in healthy cats anesthetized with isoflurane, and premedicated with acepromazine alone or in combination with tramadol. Thirty cats were allocated in two groups (n=15/each) and were treated with ace...
The use of anesthetics in fish farming is essential to reduce stress during management. The present study proposes to evaluate the effect of eugenol as an anesthetic for the management of curimatã (Prochilodus nigricans). Fifty specimens were used (221.34±9.0 g; 25.8 ±1.1 cm), submitted to five treatm...
We present our experience in cardiac tumor resection surgery in adult patients: 30 subjects with sternotomy approach with later diagnosis of myxomas (12), fibroelastomas (7), sarcomas (4), cardiac methastasis of a breast cancer and cardiac invasion of renal tumor (6), and 3 with videothroacoscopic approa...
A 61-year-old female patient with history of hipertension is scheduled to undergo a minor ginecological procedure (endoscopic endometrial polipus resection) with general anesthesia. She received standard monitorization, induction with midazolam, propofol and fentanyl. Ventilated with laringeal mask. Anes...
INTRODUCTION: The advance in the methods of prenatal diagnosis and surgical techniques have allowed the development of fetal surgery, achieving identification and early treatment of anomalies invalidating extrauterine life. Myelomeningocele (MMC) is the most frequent neural tube defect and its intrauteri...
Abstract Introduction: Intraocular pressure (IOP) measuring in children is a defiant challenge for ophthalmologists due to the unwillingness to collaborate of patient; therefore, it is necessary to perform these examinations under anesthesia (EUA) in order to facilitate the measuring. Among the anesthet...
