A & A case reports
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Case Reports
Epidural Injections Contraindicated for Lumbar Radiculopathy in May-Thurner Syndrome: A Case Report.
A 59-year-old patient presented to the chronic pain clinic with a 6-week history of worsening lumbar back pain, bilateral thigh pain, and unilateral radiculopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed mild discogenic and facetogenic disease, but significant epidural venous plexus engorgement compressing the thecal sac. ⋯ A discussion with the radiologist confirmed worsening of the patient's May-Thurner Syndrome was the likely cause of the patient's symptoms. The patient was referred back to the surgeon to relieve the venous obstruction because routine injection therapy would be ineffective.
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Case Reports
Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Post Total Knee Arthroplasty Posterior Thigh Pain: A Case Report.
We present a case of a 68-year-old woman with 6 months of chronic unilateral posterior thigh pain after a total knee arthroplasty. The patient's pain was refractory to various treatments. After appropriate diagnostic tests, a genicular nerve block and subsequent radiofrequency ablation were performed. These procedures provided substantial pain relief of her thigh pain at 3 months follow-up.
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Case Reports
The Role of Sugammadex in Symptomatic Transient Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report.
We describe the case of a 3-week-old boy with pyloric stenosis who presented for laparoscopic pyloromyotomy in the setting of symptomatic transient neonatal myasthenia gravis. The patient received muscle relaxation with rocuronium, and neuromuscular blockade was successfully reversed with sugammadex with recovery guided by train-of-four monitoring. He was extubated uneventfully without complications. Because sugammadex binds directly to rocuronium rather than interfering with acetylcholine metabolism, it might provide a good option for reversal of neuromuscular blockade in transient neonatal myasthenia gravis.
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Case Reports
Brachiocephalic Vein Perforation During Cannulation of Internal Jugular Vein: A Case Report.
We report a rare complication of right brachiocephalic vein perforation during ultrasound-guided cannulation of the right internal jugular vein (IJV) in a patient with a tortuous common carotid artery (CCA). We suspect that the tortuous CCA displaced the IJV, which caused misplacement of the J-tip guidewire into the subclavian vein. ⋯ This was diagnosed by videothoracoscopy. Anesthesiologists should be aware of the possibility of guidewire malposition during IJV catheterization in patients with a tortuous CCA.