Background Preoperative anxiety and stress are undoubtedly a difficult experience in patients
undergoing elective surgery. These unpleasant sensations depend on several factors. …

Objectives: The aim of this prospective randomized, double-blind study was to evaluate the
analgesic efficacy and opioid-sparing effects of preemptive single dose of dexketoprofen …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of sphenopalatine ganglion block
performed under general anesthesia in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus …

IMPLICATIONS: Intraarticular administration of piroxicam along with bupivacaine improves
postoperative analgesia in synovial inflammation before surgery. Arthroscopy of the knee …

Background and objectives: Robotic cystectomy is rapidly becoming a part of the standard
surgical repertoire for the treatment of prostate cancer. Our aim was to describe respiratory …

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of uncinectomy without sinusotomy
and natural ostial dilatation on maxillary sinus ventilation in chronic rhinosinusitis. Twenty …

Ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury, by inducing oxidative DNA damage, is one of the leading
causes of increased patient morbidity and mortality in coronary artery by-pass grafting (CABG…

Background and objectives: Although many features of robotic prostatectomy are similar to
those of conventional laparoscopic urological procedures (such as laparoscopic …

Background The goal of this study was to compare the influence of an interscalene brachial
plexus block (ISB) performed with either bupivacaine or levobupivacaine in conjunction with …

Objective The aim of this study is to compare the effects of 3 different kinds of anaesthesia
on stress response induced by surgery. Methods Sixty patients aged between 25–70 …