Aǧrı : Ağrı (Algoloji) Derneği'nin Yayın organıdır = The journal of the Turkish Society of Algology
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This study aims to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire (APS-POQ-R-TR). ⋯ The adaptation of the translated APS-POQ-R in Turkey is reliable and valid to measure and evaluate the quality of postoperative pain management in the Turkish population.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Postoperative analgesia after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: A comparison between single-shot interscalene block and single-shot supraclavicular block.
In arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery for postoperative analgesia opioids, nonsteroid analgesics, and local anesthetics can be used. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness, additional analgesic requirements, patients satisfaction, and complications of single-shot interscalene and supraclavicular blocks. ⋯ Supraclavicular block can be considered as an alternative to interscalene block for arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
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Pneumocephalus is defined as air in the cranial cavity. Pneumocephalus can result from inadvertent dural puncture during lumbar epidural anesthesia or epidural steroid injection. Presently described is case of 41-year-old woman who had undergone lumbar disc hernia operation but due to ongoing complaints, was diagnosed as having failed back surgery syndrome. ⋯ Patient was discharged from hospital on the second day. Within a week, headache pain and other complaints had resolved. In this article, the case of a failed back surgery patient who was postoperatively treated with medical ozone and experienced complication of pneumocephalus is discussed in context of literature data.
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Recently, headache associated with airplane travel has gained importance with case reports and took its place in the classification of headache in 2013. This rare condition has different spesific characteristic from the primary headaches and its pathophysiology is not clear yet. In this case report, a 27-years-old female patient was diagnosed with the headache associated with airplane travel by history, examination and imaging findings. The possible pathophysiology and treatment were discussed.