Neuropatía óptica compresiva secundaria a reacción alérgica a hialuronidasa / Compressive optic neuropathy secondary to an allergic reaction to hyaluronidase

Una mujer de 58 años presentó quemosis intensa y oftalmoparesia en el ojo izquierdo 8 h después de cirugía de catarata no complicada bajo anestesia subtenoniana. Tras tratamiento corticoideo y antihistamínico, se observó recuperación de la motilidad extrínseca pero se apreciaron un edema de papila no hemorrágico y un defecto concéntrico de campo visual. El caso evolucionó a atrofia papilar con agudeza visual central preservada pero con una contracción significativa del campo visual. El estudio etiológico reveló una alergia a la hialuronidasa, usada como adyuvante a la anestesia. Esta complicación debe ser diagnosticada y tratada precozmente, puesto que el edema de los tejidos orbitarios puede dañar el nervio óptico

A 58 year-old woman presented with severe chemosis and ophthalmoparesis on her left eye 8 hours after uncomplicated cataract surgery under sub-tenon anaesthesia. Recovery of extrinsic motility was observed after corticosteroid and antihistamine treatment, but a non-haemorrhagic papillary oedema and a concentric defect of visual field were found. It progressed to papillary atrophy with preserved central vision, but with a significant visual field constriction. The aetiological study revealed an allergy to hyaluronidase that was used as adjuvant to the anaesthesia. This complication needs to be promptly diagnosed and treated, as the swelling of the orbital tissues can cause damage to the optic nerve

Compressive optic neuropathy secondary to an allergic reaction to hyaluronidase. / Neuropatía óptica compresiva secundaria a reacción alérgica a hialuronidasa.

A 58 year-old woman presented with severe chemosis and ophthalmoparesis on her left eye 8hours after uncomplicated cataract surgery under sub-tenon anaesthesia. Recovery of extrinsic motility was observed after corticosteroid and antihistamine treatment, but a non-haemorrhagic papillary oedema and a concentric defect of visual field were found. It progressed to papillary atrophy with preserved central vision, but with a significant visual field constriction. The aetiological study revealed an allergy to hyaluronidase that was used as adjuvant to the anaesthesia. This complication needs to be promptly diagnosed and treated, as the swelling of the orbital tissues can cause damage to the optic nerve.

Impact of anesthesia on cancer recurrence / Impacto de la anestesia en la recurrencia de cáncer

Surgery remains the mainstay treatment in the majority of solid cancers. Anesthetics and analgesics used during the perioperative period may modulate the innate and adaptive immune system, inflammation and angiogenesis, and have a direct effect on cancer cells that could ultimately modify oncological outcomes. For instance, volatile anesthetics and opioid analgesics have shown predominantly pro-tumor effects, while propofol, non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs have mostly anticancer effects. Researchers have been especially interested in investigating the association between the use of regional anesthesia techniques and the postoperative survival of patients with cancers. Since the results of the current retrospective studies are conflicting, several researchers are conducting prospective randomized trials (AU)

Las intervenciones quirúrgicas siguen siendo el tratamiento de elección de muchos tumores solidos. Los anestésicos y analgésicos usados en la actualidad tienen efectos en el sistema inmunológico, inflamatorio y angiogénico de los pacientes así como también en células malignas. Los anestésicos inalatorios y los opiáceos tiene un efecto predominantemente protumoral mientras que los agentes anti-inflamatorios no esteroideos y propofol parecen tener acciones antitumorales. Es por esto que diferentes grupos de investigadores han tratado de estudiar la posible asociación entre el uso de anestésicos y analgésicos con la supervivencia postoperatoria de pacientes oncológicos. Desafortunadamente, los resultados son controvertidos por lo que estudios prospectivos aleatorios controlados se están llevando acabo en diferentes centros (AU)

Respuesta metabólica inmunológica e inflamatoria a la agresión anestésico quirúrgica / No disponible

En su conjunto, la respuesta inmune pretende: destruir los elementos extraños o no reparables del organismo; delimitar y aislar el foco inflamatorio, reparar las lesiones promoviendo la cicatrización y la neovascularización, activar los mecanismos generales que aporten células y nutrientes (activación neuroendocrina y metabólica); y evitar la generalización del proceso, induciendo una cierta inmunodepresión sistémica contrarreguladora. En el presente trabajo se hace una revisión sobre los aspectos fisiopatológicos derivados de la respuesta metabólica, inmunológica e inflamatoria a la agresión quirúrgica(AU)

On the Whole, the immune response seeks: to destroy the foreing or not repairable elements of the organism; to limit and to isolate the focus of the inflamation; to repair the lesion by advancyng the cicatrization and the neovascularización; to activate the general mechanisms that bring cells and nutrients (neuroendocrina and metabolic activation); and to avoid the generalization of the process inducing a certain systemic contraregulatory inmunodepression In the present work a review is maid of the physiopatologyc aspects derived from the metabolic, immunological and inflammatory response to the surgical aggression(AU)

Influence of pain treatment by epidural fentanyl and bupivacaine on homing of opioid-containing leukocytes to surgical wounds.

Endogenous opioids released from leukocytes extravasating into injured tissue can interact with peripheral opioid receptors to inhibit nociception. Animal studies have shown that the homing of opioid-producing leukocytes to the injured site is modulated by spinal blockade of noxious input. This study investigated whether epidural analgesia (EDA) influences the migration of beta-endorphin (END) and/or met-enkephalin (ENK)-containing leukocytes into the subcutaneous wound tissue of patients undergoing abdominal surgery. In part I patients received general anesthesia combined either with intra- and postoperative EDA (with bupivacaine and fentanyl) or with postoperative patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA; with the opioid piritramide). In part II patients received general anesthesia combined with either epidural fentanyl or bupivacaine which was continued postoperatively. Samples of cutanous and subcutanous tissue were taken from the wound site at the beginning, at the end and at various times after surgery, and were examined by immunohistochemistry for the presence of END and ENK. We found that (i) epidural bupivacaine, fentanyl and PCIA provided similar and clinically acceptable postoperative pain relief; (ii) compared to PCIA, epidural bupivacaine or fentanyl did not change the gross inflammatory reaction within the surgical wound; (iii) opioid-containing leukocytes were almost absent in normal subcutaneous tissue but migrated to the inflamed wound tissue in ascending numbers within a few hours, reaching a peak at about 24 h after surgery; (iv) compared to PCIA, EDA resulted in significantly decreased homing of END-containing leukocytes to the injured site at 24 h after surgery; and (v) the magnitude of this decrease was similar regardless of the epidural medication. These findings suggest that nociceptive but not sympathetic neurons are primarily involved in the attraction of opioid-containing leukocytes during early stages of inflammation.

Delayed allergic reaction to suxamethonium driven by oligoclonal Th1-skewed CD4+CCR4+IFN-gamma+ memory T cells.

BACKGROUND: Muscle relaxants represent the drugs most frequently involved in intraoperative anaphylaxis during surgical procedures. Our aim was to report the case of a delayed reaction to suxamethonium and analyze specific T cell lines with regard to their specificity, phenotype and cytokine profile. METHODS: We generated a drug-specific T cell line from a biopsy at the site of positive intradermal reactions and analyzed the immunophenotype, T cell receptor Vbeta domain expression and cytokine profile. RESULTS: T cells isolated from positive intradermal test reactions to suxamethonium showed a strict dose-dependent proliferation in response to drug-pulsed autologous antigen-presenting cells. The drug-specific CD4+ T cells were oligoclonal memory CD3+CD4+ T cells and expressed the skin homing receptors cutaneous lymphocyte antigen (CLA) and CCR4. Furthermore CD4+ suxamethonium-reactive T cell lines were IFN-gamma-positive and synthesized high levels of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. CONCLUSION: The study describes a delayed hypersensitivity to suxamethonium, driven by an oligoclonal T helper cell 1-skewed CD4+ memory T cell population, expressing the skin homing receptors CLA and CCR4.