Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology

We present a case of continuous epidural anesthesia for a pregnant woman with uterine myoma. A 35-year-old pregnant woman at 16 weeks of pregnancy became aware of pain in the right lower abdomen. She was diagnosed with painful degenerating …

We report anesthetic management of a 38-year-old woman with pulmonary thromboembolism for total hysterectomy. She had been taking oral contraceptives for adenomyosis of the uterus. She had thrombi in the arteries from pulmonary trunk to bil…

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effectiveness of low-dose patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) in the patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery, and investigated the difference of postoperative pain between patients for la…

We report a case of a schizophrenic patient who rejected an emergent operation for ovarian torsion. A 48-year-old woman with ovarian torsion strictly turned down emergent surgery against the recommendation of her gynecologist, who could not…

Endometriosis extending into the thoracic cage or the lung might induce defect of the tissue and show catamenial symptoms, such as pneumothorax or hemothorax. These events usually occur 48 to 72 hours after menstruation. A 37-year-old woman…

This study was conducted to evaluate the postoperative analgesic effects of epidural bolus administration of bupivacaine and morphine in patients after vaginal hysterectomy and vaginoplasty. A total of 100 patients who had received the elec…

We experienced a case of the hydrothorax occurring after a long gynecologic laparoscopical surgery. The patient was a 36-year-old woman, weighing 51 kg and 151 cm in height. She had received a gynecological laparoscopy with no complication …

Using four different psychological tests, namely Spielberger's rating scale [The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)], Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI) and Baum test, we investigated the perioperativ…