Abstract: The authors of the article consider the issue of employment of some treatment options for the grave forms of diphtheria and complications thereof in adult subjects to be a matter of debate and they report their experience gained with the use of rarely...
Peripheral Neuropathy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Peripheral Neuropathy
[Appearance of angry backfiring C-nociceptor (ABC) syndrome-like pain disorder in cross-side of one-side spinal anesthesia].
Abstract: ABC (angry backfiring C-nociceptor) syndrome-like pain disorder categorized in sympathetic independent pain appeared after amputation during spinal anesthesia. A 69-year-old female who had undergone amputation of the right leg below knee 5 months before,...
Double-blind randomized phase II study of hyperbaric oxygen in patients with radiation-induced brachial plexopathy.
Abstract: Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy (RIBP) is an untreatable complication of curative radiotherapy for early breast cancer, characterized by chronic neuropathic pain and limb paralysis. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy is known to promote healing of tissue...
[Severe lightning pain during spinal anesthesia in a patient with diabetic neuropathy].
Abstract: A 71-year-old woman with diabetic neuropathy who had undergone amputation of the right lower leg for diabetic gangrene 4 years previously, experienced severe lightning pain in both legs during spinal anesthesia. She was scheduled for skin grafting for a burn...
AANA Journal course: transient neurologic symptoms and spinal anesthesia.
Abstract: A universal goal of anesthesia providers is to provide the safest, most effective anesthesia and analgesia for their patients. When reports emerge showing problems or complications with an agent or technique that previously was thought safe, recommendations...
[Transitory radicular irritation syndrome after the use of hyperbaric lidocaine].
Abstract: Arregui Martínez de Lejarza, Alonso Chico, Pacheco Jiménez, Sánchez García, , , , , (2000). [Transitory radicular irritation syndrome after the use of hyperbaric lidocaine]. Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion, 2000...
[New developments in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers].
Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcers are frequent: 12,000 Dutch diabetes patients have such an ulcer. The ulcers have a multifactorial aetiology: polyneuropathy, biomechanical stress, infection, deficient footwear and to a less extent ischaemia are the major factors. The...
Spinal nerve function in five volunteers experiencing transient neurologic symptoms after lidocaine subarachnoid anesthesia.
Abstract: The etiology of transient neurologic symptoms (TNS) after 5% lidocaine spinal anesthesia remains undetermined. Previous case reports have shown that patients acutely experiencing TNS have no abnormalities on neurologic examination or magnetic resonance...
Hyperbaric oxygen corrects sacral plexopathy due to osteoradionecrosis appearing 15 years after pelvic irradiation.
Abstract: In 1982, a 55-year-old woman was treated by total cystectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy/chemotherapy for a leiomyosarcoma of the bladder. Fifteen years later she presented with symptoms and signs of sacral plexopathy. Investigations revealed...