scholarly journals Ultrasound-guided continuous serratus anterior plane block: dexmedetomidine as an adjunctive analgesic with levobupivacaine for post-thoracotomy pain. A prospective randomized controlled study

2019 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 1425-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasr M Abdallah ◽  
Ahmed H Bakeer ◽  
Rasha B Youssef ◽  
Hany V Zaki ◽  
Dina N Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Study ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Ultrasound Guided ◽  
Serratus Anterior ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Anterior Plane

scholarly journals Effectiveness of ultrasound guided ethanol motor points block in reduction of spasticity and improvement of upper limb function in hemiplegic patients: a randomized controlled study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 1409
Author(s):  
Sreejith C. ◽  
Akoijam Joy Singh ◽  
Longjam Nilachandra Singh ◽  
Kanti Rajkumari ◽  
Margaret Chabungbam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Upper Limb ◽  
Randomized Controlled Study ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ultrasound Guided ◽  
Limb Function ◽  
Ethanol Injection ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Upper Limb Function ◽  
Group A

Background: Stroke is the third leading cause of disability in general population commonly causing upper motor neuron syndrome complications like spasticity, which is more common in upper limb. Ethanol injection into spastic muscle is an emerging effective treatment in the spasticity management. Ethanol causes selective destruction of nerve fibers through denaturation of protein.Methods: A randomized controlled study was conducted for a period of 2 years from March 2018 on sixty-eight hemiplegic patients to assess the effectiveness of ethanol muscle block in reduction of spasticity and improvement in functional ability. The patients were allocated into two groups (Group A and B). Group A received ultrasound guided intramuscular ethanol injection along with range of motion (ROM) exercises and wrist hand orthosis (WHO) and Group B received ROM exercises and WHO. The outcomes were measured by modified ashworth scale (MAS) for spasticity and modified version of motor assessment scale for functional improvement.Results: Intervention group showed significant improvement in spasticity shown by reduction of MAS of elbow flexors from 3 at baseline to 1.15±0.3 at 12 weeks as compared to control group with 3 at baseline to 1.76±0.5 at 12 weeks (p<0.05). Upper limb function scale of study group improved from 1.5±0.8 to 3.0±0.6 at 12 weeks compared to control group 1.3±0.8 to 2.8±0.6 (p<0.05).Conclusions: It can thus be concluded that intramuscular injection of ethanol accompanied by wrist hand orthosis have beneficial effect on improvement of spasticity and upper limb function.

Less painful ESWL with ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block: a prospective randomized controlled study

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 411-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Murat Yayik ◽  
Ali Ahiskalioglu ◽  
Haci Ahmet Alici ◽  
Erkan Cem Celik ◽  
Sevim Cesur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Study ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Ultrasound Guided ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Quadratus Lumborum Block ◽  
Quadratus Lumborum
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