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Left atrial thrombus formation within a few days of hospitalization in semi-acute ischemic heart disease despite no atrial fibrillation and mitral stenosis: a case report

Currently, the occurrence of left atrial thrombus despite the provision of heparinization within a few days of hospitalization without atrial fibrillation (AF) and mitral stenosis (MS) is rarely reported.

Authors: Keiko Okamura, Mitsuharu Kodaka, Junko Ichikawa, Kazuyoshi Ando and Makiko Komori

Qualitative measurement of opioid effects on pain and dyspnea: gender difference in the sensitivity

An increasing number of patients come to the operating room in use of opioid analgesics. They have different levels of tolerance to opioid effects which challenge the anesthesiologists in search of safe and ef...

Authors: Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi, Taiichiro Hayashida and Shiroh Isono

Spinal anesthesia for muscle biopsy in an infant with a suspected neuromuscular disorder: a case report

Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) occur in different forms and are generally diagnosed using muscle biopsy. Among the available anesthetic management options for infants with a suspected NMD are general anesthesi...

Authors: Yoshiaki Ishida, Masato Morita, Takahisa Sasaki and Akiko Taniguchi

Severe bradycardia at the termination of seizure during electroconvulsive therapy

Few cases of asystole or severe bradycardia occurring after the termination of seizure in the third phase with the dominance of parasympathetic nervous system activity during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) ha...

Authors: Yuji Kadoi, Minoru Michizaki, Takanari Saito, Jo Ota, Shigeru Saito and Tatsuo Sameshima

Serratus anterior plane block in modified radical mastectomy surgery: a case series

Postoperative breast pain may lead to poorer outcome if left untreated. Common analgesia modalities for postoperative breast pain include opioids and regional anesthesia. However, both of these modalities can ...

Authors: Madonna Damayanthie Datu and Jokevin Prasetyadhi

A case of advanced atrioventricular block after gynecological surgery

Authors: Takuzou Kitazawa, Mitsuru Ida and Masahiko Kawaguchi

A patient with myotonic dystrophy diagnosed after experiencing sudden respiratory failure: a case report

Myotonic dystrophy is a disorder affecting multiple organs including skeletal muscles and causes respiratory failure. We describe a patient who developed respiratory failure, with delayed diagnosis of myotonic...

Authors: Noriaki Nishihara, Shunsuke Tachibana, Hajime Sonoda and Michiaki Yamakage

Successful treatment with positive airway pressure ventilation for tension pneumopericardium after pericardiocentesis in a neonate: a case report

Pneumopericardium in neonates is often associated with respiratory diseases, of which positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is an exacerbating factor. Here, we present a neonate case of pneumopericardium after c...

Authors: Makiko Tani, Tomoyuki Kanazawa, Naohiro Shioji, Kazuyoshi Shimizu, Tatsuo Iwasaki and Hiroshi Morimatsu

Spinal cord stimulation alleviates intractable pain due to malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report

Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) frequently complain of intractable pain that is resistant to conservative treatments. Although spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may be promising in the alleviati...

Authors: Aiko Maeda, Masatsugu Watanabe, Chiaki Saigano, Shoko Nakayama and Ken Yamaura

Management of cesarean section in a patient with Fontan circulation: a case report of dramatic reduction of maternal oxygen consumption after delivery

The anesthetic management of cesarean sections in Fontan-palliated parturients requires strict hemodynamic control. However, patient management with central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO₂) and oxygen consumption...

Authors: Kazutomo Saito, Hiroaki Toyama, Atsushi Okamoto and Masanori Yamauchi

An experience of subglottic airway foreign body removal in a patient under tracheal intubation: a case report

Removal of an airway foreign body is challenging to anesthesiologists. We report successful removal of an extremely rare foreign body between a tracheal tube and the trachea in patients under tracheal intubation.

Authors: Shiori Tanaka, Keisuke Yoshida, Kenichi Muramatsu, Shigeki Yamagishi, Shinju Obara and Kazuhiro Watanabe

Distinguishing cerebrospinal fluid from mepivacaine using the pH test in patients undergoing elective cesarean section with combined spinal-epidural anesthesia

In single-space combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSEA), it is important to correctly determine if the fluid coming out of the spinal needle is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or the liquid used in the loss of re...

Authors: Hiromi Ikegami, Kunihisa Hotta and Yoshie Toba

Severe hyponatremia with seizures and confirmed mild brain edema by hysteroscopic myomectomy: a case report

Hyponatremia can be developed during hysteroscopic surgery with electrolyte-free irrigation fluid. We experienced severe hyponatremia with postoperative seizures and confirmed mild brain edema.

Authors: Haruko Okazaki, Norikazu Miura, Yuki Kashima, Ryoichi Miyashita, Katsunori Oe, Keiko Kawakami, Tetsuya Ishikawa and Kenichi Masui

Excessive dynamic airway collapse during general anesthesia: a case report

Excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) is an uncommon cause of high airway pressure during mechanical ventilation. However, EDAC is not widely recognized by anesthesiologists, and therefore, it is often misd...

Authors: Shunichi Murakami, Shunsuke Tsuruta, Kazuyoshi Ishida, Atsuo Yamashita and Mishiya Matsumoto

Anesthesia management in a patient with very long-chain acyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency

In a patient with very long-chain acyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency, metabolism of fatty acids is impaired and a supply of alternative energy is limited when glucose level is insufficient on sta...

Authors: Haruyuki Yuasa, Yukio Onoda, Atsuhiro Kitaura, Takashi Mino, Shota Tsukimoto and Shinichi Nakao

Pulmonary vein thrombosis and cerebral infarction after video-assisted thoracic surgery of the left upper lobe: a case series

Pulmonary vein thrombosis (PVT) and cerebral infarction are rare but critical complications after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).

Authors: Yosuke Fujii, Yumiko Mori, Kei Kambara, Kiichi Hirota, Masashi Yanada, Shogo Toda and Mitsuko Hashiguchi

Specific airway management for SVC replacement during giant anterior mediastinal tumor resection

Giant anterior mediastinal tumor (GAMT) resection is a challenging procedure, for which anesthesiologist might take to need special precautions.

Authors: Izumi Kawagoe, Daizoh Satoh, Chieko Mitaka, Masataka Fukuda, Tsukasa Kochiyama and Masakazu Hayashida

Sudden activation of temporary cardiac pacing due to postoperative brainstem hematoma in 2 cases

Authors: Yuki Terada, Satoki Inoue and Masahiko Kawaguchi

A case of osmotic demyelination syndrome detected after cesarean delivery with the administration of magnesium sulfate for threatened preterm labor

Authors: Yuna Takeshita, Mitsuru Ida and Masahiko Kawaguchi

Management of pregnancy and delivery in women with Kawasaki disease and residual coronary artery lesion with detailed analysis of labor analgesia: combined experience of 13 cases in two institutions

Approximately half of Kawasaki disease patients are expected to have transitioned to adulthood, and an increasing number of patients with cardiovascular sequelae have gotten pregnant. Management of women with ...

Authors: Rie Inoue, Yusuke Mazda, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kayo Tanaka, Jun Yoshimatsu, Kazumi Tamura and Katsuo Terui

Relationship between dexamethasone added to periarticular anesthetic infiltration and postoperative nausea and vomiting following total knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia: a retrospective observational study

Periarticular anesthetic infiltration (PAI) with a corticosteroid is a modality for pain control following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Systemic corticosteroids are an established antiemetic for the prophyla...

Authors: Toshiyuki Yano, Takashi Imaizumi, Hidemi Matsu-ura and Tomoki Takahashi

Anesthetic management using a combination of anterior quadratus lumborum block and erector spinae plane block for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: two case reports

There has been increasing attention regarding quadratus lumborum block (QLB) and erector spinae plane block (ESPB) as effective truncal blocks. There have been reports of combined QLB and ESPB usage in hip sur...

Authors: Nobuhiro Tanaka, Takuzo Kitazawa, Saki Mitani, Takanori Suzuka, Yuma Kadoya and Masahiko Kawaguchi

Continuous erector spinae plane block for analgesia of sternum closure using a latissimus dorsi muscle flap for mediastinitis after coronary artery bypass grafting: a case report

Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is useful for providing analgesia after thoracic surgery. Previous reports show that ESPB is safely performed in patients receiving antithrombotic drugs. We effectively perfor...

Authors: Yu Yamane, Masayuki Kosaka, Haruki Akiizumi and Mitsuo Kuroda

Analysis of difficulty in placement of pulmonary artery catheter through the left internal jugular vein

The left internal jugular vein may be an alternative route for the placement of a pulmonary artery catheter when the right jugular vein is not available. Although the placement through the left internal jugula...

Authors: Akiko Tomita, Shoko Takada, Tomoko Fujimoto, Mitsuo Iwasaki and Yukio Hayashi

A proposal for a new temperature-corrected formula for the oxygen content of blood

Authors: Kiichi Hirota, Miyahiko Murata and Koh Shingu

Ultrasound-assisted intrathecal injection of nusinersen in a patient with severe vertebral deformity: a case report

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a mostly autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness from anterior horn degeneration. Nusinersen has recently been approved as a disease-mo...

Authors: Takashi Nagano, Shinichi Sakura, Noritaka Imamachi and Yoji Saito

Refractory ventricular arrhythmias during aortic valve replacement and cardiac artery bypass requiring 16 attempts of electrical cardioversion: a case report

We report a patient in whom we failed to suppress ventricular fibrillation (VF) using nifekalant but succeeded using amiodarone during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Authors: Mitsuharu Kodaka, Tetsu Mori, Junko Ichikawa, Kazuyoshi Ando and Makiko Komori

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension associated with cerebral venous thrombosis detected by a sudden seizure: a case report

Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is rare but can lead to life-threatening complications including cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). The concurrence of CVT and SIH raises questions regarding priority.

Authors: Atsuko Yamamoto, Yoshiyasu Hattammaru and Shoichi Uezono

Distal radial artery cannulation in the anatomical snuffbox is useful for arterial blood pressure monitoring in neurosurgery: a case report

Authors: Ryusuke Tanaka, Tohru Shiratori, Chiaki Kiuchi and Junichi Sasao

Anesthetic management of a patient with left ventricular assist device undergoing robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy: a case report

Patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) require specific anesthetic and hemodynamic considerations. We report the specific anesthetic preparation and management in this scenario.

Authors: Andrew J. B. Pisansky, Nelson Burbano-Vera and Matthias F. Stopfkuchen-Evans

Transesophageal echocardiography in robot-assisted mitral valve repair for Barlow’s disease: usefulness for predicting artificial ring size and artificial chordae length using the loop technique

There is no fully recommended methodology for surgery for Barlow’s disease. Various methods have been proposed. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of transesophageal echocardiography (T...

Authors: Musashi Yahagi, Takuma Maeda, Hiroko Kanazawa, Kenji Yoshitani and Yoshihiko Ohnishi

Preoperative balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension led to successful anesthetic management for total hysterectomy under general anesthesia: a case report

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a disease of obstructive pulmonary artery remodeling as a consequence of major vessel thromboembolism. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an alterna...

Authors: Tomoko Ota, Kazumi Kawai, Tomoko Niihata and Hideki Fukuda

Pediatric thoracic outlet syndrome proven by arterial blood pressure monitoring during general anesthesia: a case report

Authors: Hidekazu Ito and Shoji Mizuno

Pulmonary aspiration during procedural sedation for colonoscopy resulting from positional change managed without oral endotracheal intubation

Pulmonary aspiration under anaesthesia is a feared complication. It is likely that the incidence of aspiration occurring during procedural sedation is underreported; although rare, fatalities do occur. The sup...

Authors: Jun D. Parker

Transfusion characteristics and hemostatic conditions in octogenarians undergoing emergency surgery for acute aortic dissection: a retrospective study

The number of elderly patients undergoing elective as well as emergent cardiac surgery is increasing. Octogenarian and older patients undergoing surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) have a signific...

Authors: Tetsuhito Masubuchi, Kenji Yoshitani, Kimito Minami, Chisaki Yokoyama, Akito Tsukinaga, Takahisa Goto and Yoshihiko Ohnishi

Spinal anesthesia in a patient with Schwartz–Jampel syndrome

Schwartz–Jampel syndrome (SJS) is a very rare inherited disorder characterized by multiple skeletal deformities, limited joint mobility, micrognathia, blepharophimosis, myotonia, and growth retardation. SJS is...

Authors: Osama Shaalan, Mahmoud Daoud, Ashraf EL-Molla, Rashed Al-Otaibi and Abdulaleem Alatassi

Impeding factors of early rehabilitation postoperatively after rheumatoid toe arthroplasty: a single-center retrospective cohort study

Previous studies explored the benefits related to early ambulation postoperatively, but few focused on patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We retrospectively evaluated the incidence and predictors of the ...

Authors: Shunsaku Goto, Yusuke Kasuya, Keiko Okuyama, Katsunori Ikari and Makoto Ozaki

A report of three cancer patients on opioid analgesia receiving spinal anesthesia: abrupt pain elimination without respiratory depression

Complete removal of pain with regional anesthesia has been reported to cause fatal respiratory depression in opioid-dependent patients, which leads us to choose general anesthesia. We hereby report three cases...

Authors: Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi, Yuko Ueda, Azusa Inada, Kyongsuk Son and Shiroh Isono

Acute myocardial infarction in patient without cardiac risk factors during emergence from general anesthesia: a case report

Perioperative myocardial infarction is a rare but highly fatal complication, which often occurs in patients with poor preoperative cardiac conditions undergoing high-risk surgery. We report a case of acute myo...

Authors: Thu Nguyen Dang, Nam Tran Hoai, Son Nguyen Viet, Tri Le Huu, Khuong Truong Van, Cuong Nguyen Manh and Tiep Tran Dac

Hyperlactatemia of dialysis-dependent patients after cardiac surgery impacts on in-hospital mortality: a two-center retrospective study

Lactate is a well-known marker to estimate prognosis after cardiac surgery and critically ill patients. The liver and kidney have a major role in lactate metabolism; however, there was less characterized about...

Authors: Mariko Ezaka, Junko Tsukamoto, Koichi Matsuo, Nobuhide Kin and Kazue Yamaoka

Anesthetic management of a patient with musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos syndrome undergoing scoliosis surgery

Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a new and rare subtype of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in which anesthetic considerations for airway and respiratory management, prevention of skin injuries and joint di...

Authors: Ryo Wakabayashi, Satoshi Tanaka, Keiko Tsuchiyama, Katsumi Yamamoto, Yuki Maruyama, Kaori Numata and Mikito Kawamata

Opioid-free anesthesia for a child with trisomy 13 with obstructive sleep apnea: a case report

Most children with trisomy 13 display central apnea, and are prone to opioid-induced respiratory depression. We conducted opioid-free anesthesia for a patient with trisomy 13 and obstructive sleep apnea, and s...

Authors: Makiko Yamamoto, Izumi Miyazaki, Hiroaki Kishikawa and Atsuhiro Sakamoto

Difficult airway management of a patient with limited range of motion in the temporomandibular joint and cervical extension caused by psoriatic arthritis: a case report

Psoriasis vulgaris, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, rarely causes temporomandibular arthritis. We report a case of difficult airway management of a patient with limited range of motion in the temporomandi...

Authors: Makishi Maeda, Tomohiro Chaki, Ryoichi Kawaguchi, Tomohiko Kimijima and Michiaki Yamakage

Anesthetic management of laparoscopy-assisted total proctocolectomy in a cardiac sarcoidosis patient with a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator: a case report

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) causes severe conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias. CS patients are increasingly being treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds). For the first time, w...

Authors: Yutaro Kammura, Ai Fujita, Yuji Karashima, Shoko Nakayama, Kazuhiro Shirozu, Tadashi Kandabashi and Ken Yamaura

Downfolding of the epiglottis into the laryngeal inlet after tracheal intubation using the McGRATH^TM MAC videolaryngoscope: a case report

Downfolding of the epiglottis into the laryngeal inlet is considered to be a rare complication of tracheal intubation. We describe a case of epiglottic downfolding during tracheal intubation using a McGrath vi...

Authors: Haruno Soma, Kenta Furutani, Ayaka Hibino, Akinobu Hibino and Hiroshi Baba

Retraction Note: Who performs the preoperative examination?

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Authors: Hironobu Ueshima and Hiroshi Otake

Retraction Note: Successful clavicle fracture surgery performed under selective supraclavicular nerve block using the new subclavian approach

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Authors: Hironobu Ueshima and Hiroshi Otake

Laparoscopic image of carbon dioxide embolism during laparoscopic hepatectomy: a case report

Carbon dioxide embolism is a life-threatening complication of laparoscopic hepatectomy.

Authors: Kenichi Takechi, Mari Ito, Yi Peng, Waka Daizen and Ichiro Shimizu

An analysis of factors influencing pulmonary artery catheter passage through the tricuspid and pulmonary valves

A pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) has to pass the tricuspid and pulmonary valves for its proper placement. Although several factors were reported to hinder the placement, there have been no reports to identify...

Authors: Yuka Miyata, Shoko Takada, Tomoko Fujimoto, Mitsuo Iwasaki and Yukio Hayashi

Successful respiratory management of a Marshall-Smith syndrome patient with a tracheo-innominate artery fistula

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIF) is a life-threatening complication of tracheostomy. We describe perioperative management for innominate artery transection in a case with TIF.

Authors: Satoko Noguchi, Junichi Saito, Jun Kawaguchi, Tetsuya Kushikata and Kazuyoshi Hirota