Effect of Anesthesia on Postoperative Pain in Patients after Septoplasty.

The aim of the study was to assess acute pain syndrome in patients after septoplasty using different tactics of general anesthesia. All patients received local anesthesia with 2% procaine solution. In group 1 (95 patients), premedication with 2% promedol solution and 60 mg of ketorolac in the evening was used; group 2 (72 patients) was administered with fentanyl, propofol, cisatracuria besylate, tranexamic acid, atropine, and metoclopramide; and group 3 (89 patients) received atracuria besylate, sodium thiopental, nitrous oxide, and halothane. In groups 2 and 3, 100 mg of ketoprofen was administered intramuscularly in the evening on the day of surgery. Anterior tamponade was performed with parolon tampons in glove rubber. In groups 1 and 2, the tamponade was removed on day 2, and in group 3 it was removed 1 day after surgery. Pain syndrome was assessed on 1, 3, and 6 h and on days 1 and 2 after surgery. It was found that the scheme of anesthesia in group 2 is the most preferable, and the nasal tamponade must be removed on the 2nd day after the surgery.

Low-Intensity Laser Therapy As a Method to Reduce Stress Responses after Septoplasty.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) to minimize acute pain in the early postoperative period in patients after septoplasty. In total, 62 patients underwent septoplasty under general anesthesia (40 men and 22 women, 18-44 years old) followed by nasal tamponade. Patients of the 1st group did not undergo PBMT, and patients of the 2nd group received PBMT 3, 6, and 24 h after septoplasty (infrared pulsed laser radiation, λ = 0.890 µm, P = 10 W, 2 min in the projection of the wings of the nose). After 48 h, after the removal of tampons, intranasal PBMT with a nozzle in the red range, with λ = 0.63 µm, P = 8 mW, 2 min. ULF, HF, LF, and total power of heart rate variability (HRV), pain syndrome was assessed. ULF, LF, HF, total HRV power were significantly lower in group 2, compared to group 1. In the period from 6 to 24 h after septoplasty, patients of group 1 experienced higher pain than patients with PBMT (p < 0.001). The use of PBMT after septoplasty against the background of nasal tamponade helps to reduce the severity of pain syndrome and the inflammatory response to surgical stress and, consequently, leads to less pronounced changes in the autonomic nervous system in response to surgical stress.

Application of autologous bone marrow stem cells in the therapy of spinal cord injury patients.

We studied the safety and efficiency of transplantation of autologous bone marrow cells in complex therapy of patients with spinal cord injury in the late period of the disease. In control group patients, meningomyeloradiculolis was performed, while in the main group surgical treatment was supplemented by transplantation of autologous bone marrow cells. Transplantation of BM stem cells into the cyst cavity and intravenously was well tolerated, did not cause allergic or inflammatory reactions in the early and delayed periods after surgery, and did not induce the formation of ossification foci in the nervous tissue. Analysis of the neurological status by ASIA, Bartel, and Ashworth scales showed that in the main group the positive clinical dynamics was more often observed than in the control. The decrease in neurological deficit included improvement of sensory and motor activity and conducting sensory function. Thus, transplantation of autologous bone marrow cells can be a novel safe strategy for the treatment of patients in the late period after spinal trauma.