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Uncategorized Published - 21 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Complication of Trigger Point Injections: Retained Injection Needle Causing Pneumothorax

Authors: Reindorf R, et al. Cureus 17(10): e95679 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95679 A 38-year-old man developed right apical pneumothorax hours after outpatient trigger point injections (TPIs). Chest X-ray/CT showed a retained metallic needle fragment lodged in the parietal pleura. He underwent VATS with successful extraction and was discharged the same day without complications. Documentation from the clinic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM)-Assisted Anaesthetic Management of a Parturient With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria and Aplastic Anaemia for Caesarean Section

Authors: Papadaki D, et al. Cureus 17(10): e95701. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95701 Summary A 25-year-old primigravida with aplastic anemia–paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (AA-PNH) on eculizumab and cyclosporine required a scheduled cesarean delivery at 33+3 weeks. Despite near-daily transfusion support late in gestation, her preop platelets were 3 ×10³/µL; conventional coagulation tests were normal. To balance profound thrombocytopenia with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Prevention and Post-extubation Screening of Perioperative Traumatic Dental Injury in Pediatric Anesthesia

Authors: Ahmad I et al. Cureus 17(10): e95628, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95628 This report describes a five-year-old boy who sustained an avulsed and ingested lower central incisor following adenotonsillectomy under general anesthesia. The missing tooth was not noticed until the postoperative recovery period, when the child’s caregiver observed it. Imaging confirmed ingestion rather than aspiration, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
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Uncategorized Published - 20 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Outcomes of Postoperative General Surgery Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Authors: Lokesh K P et al. Cureus 17(10): e95479, October 26, 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95479 This prospective single-centre study followed 92 adult general-surgery patients who required postoperative mechanical ventilation (mostly emergencies). Thirty-day in-hospital mortality was high (59/92). Non-survivors more often developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Higher risk signals included qSOFA ≥2, […]

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