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Transcranial direct current stimulation reduces risk of emergence agitation in patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate under general anesthesia

A safe, easy-to-administer neuromodulation technique targets and reduces post-anesthesia agitation, offering a novel drug-free perioperative option Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Ltd.
Nature

Use of a Schelin catheter for transurethral intraprostatic anesthesia (TUIA) prior to iTIND procedure

Endorsing the principles of minimal invasiveness in benign-prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) surgery, we conducted the first evaluation of transurethral intraprostatic anesthesia (TUIA) using Schelin ...
Nature

Intraoperative B-line scores increase over time and are minimally affected by central venous pressure during transurethral resection of the prostate

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) would potentially damage the prostatic venous plexus, thereby permitting irrigation fluid to enter the systemic circulation via disrupted blood vessels 1 ...
Berkshire Eagle

Did anesthesia addle his brain?

Q: What can you tell me about the aftereffects of surgical anesthesia? I am a healthy 72-year-old man, still very active. Five days ago, I had TURP prostate surgery. Now I’m plodding through a ...