Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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This prospective study was conducted to investigate the effects and complications of continuous peripheral nerve blocks after major orthopedic surgery using a catheter placed under ultrasound guidance. ⋯ Peripheral nerve block and catheter placement under ultrasound guidance may help manage postoperative analgesia after orthopedic surgery easily, reliably and safely.
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A radical hysterectomy was performed in a patient complicated with bronchiectasis, under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. The patient was asymptomatic and preoperatively diagnosed with bronchiectasis on an anesthetic consultation with an anesthesiologist. ⋯ It was necessary to administer a supplemental epidural dose of 0.375% ropivacaine fifty minutes after the start of the operation. Postoperative epidural analgesia was effective and no perioperative complications were observed.