Articles: nerve-block.
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To analyze artificial intelligence image-assisted knee ligament injury repair and femoral nerve block analgesia after surgery. ⋯ The artificial intelligence image-assisted diagnosis system for analysis and processing of multiparametric magnetic resonance images is useful for clinical decision making, reducing physicians' labor intensity, improving efficiency, and lowering the rate of misdiagnosis.
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Case Reports
High-risk surgeries, anesthetic challenges, and real benefits of peripheral regional techniques revisited.
Patients with high-risk conditions for surgery may benefit from some form of regional block when neuroaxial regional blocks may be life threatening. Despite the increased use of ultrasound-guided peripheral regional blocks internationally, local infiltration and targeted nerve blocks aided by knowledge of anatomical landmarks remain helpful in these two patients presented. A 48-year old woman, presented with bleeding left breast mass, mild respiratory distress, and radiological features of lung metastases (Carcinoma of the breast stage 4). ⋯ The good outcomes in these two patients showed the benefit of peripheral regional blocks in high risk patients. Early recognition of high-risk patients and appropriate anesthetic and clinical assessment with the formulation of right techniques can help salvage lives. This thought is more apt in equipment challenged environments like ours in Nigeria, when resources for ultrasound assisted peripheral nerve blocks are not always available.