Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Case Reports
[Refractory generalized convulsions in a patient undergoing brain tumor resection during propofol anesthesia].
Propofol has been used to treat convulsions, while the drug is known to induce convulsions. We described a case of generalized convulsions during brain tumor resection under propofol anesthesia. A 24-year-old man was scheduled to undergo brain tumor resection. ⋯ On the 16 th postoperative day, the patient underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt under general anesthesia using sevoflurane, nitrous oxide and oxygen. Convulsions were not noted intra- and postoperatively. Because convulsions did not occur during sevoflurane anesthesia and the patient had no history of epilepsy, propofol may have induced a generalized convulsions on the first operation.
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Case Reports
[A case of pyogenic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine following stellate ganglion block].
A 56-year-old woman had been treated with stellate ganglion block (SGB) for pigmentation degeneration retinopathy over 6 years. She had no history of diabetes mellitus or immunodeficiency. ⋯ Antibiotics was administerd for 3 weeks and inflammatory signs disappeared. We should bear in mind that pyogenic osteomyelitis is very rare but one of the most serious complications with SGB.