Browsing by Author "Çiftçi, Bahadır"
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An alternative and novel usage for ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in a paediatric patient
Ekinci, Mürsel; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Güven, Selçuk; Thomas, David Terence (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020)Erector spinae plane block is a novel paraspinal interfascial plane block.[1] It has been performed for several indications, and its usage for paediatric patients have been increased recently.[2,3] It may be used safely ... -
An alternative technique for effective pain management in upper extremity surgery: Erector spinae plane block
Ekinci, Mürsel; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Atalay, Yunus Oktay (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2020)A variety of techniques may be used for postoperative pain management following upper extremity surgery. Among these, interscalene, axillary, infraclavicular, and supraclavicular blocks may be applied as the primary ... -
Alternative treatment method for novel coronavirus disease 2019: Coupled plasma filtration adsorption
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Erdoğan, Cem; Kızılaslan, Deniz; Ekinci, Mürsel; Olmuşçelik, Oktay; Atalay, Yunus Oktay (Aves, 2021)Dear editor: Patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 may have mild symptoms such as fever and cough in the early stage of this disease and these symptoms may deteriorate to acute respiratory ... -
Anesthesia management for ALS and WPW
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel; Karakaya, Muhammet Ahmet; Uzunoğlu, Emine; Köse, Emine Arzu (Derman Medical Publishing, 2018)Epidural anesthesia can provide anesthesia and analgesia for unilateral or bilateral lower extremity surgery and is associated with a low complication rate. We present our epidural anaesthetic management of a patient with ... -
The attitudes of Turkish physicians in the treatment of fibromyalgia; is 'Pregabalinophobia' the new reality of pain medicine?
Ketenci, Sertaç; Gölboyu, Birzat Emre; Salbaş, Ender; Uzuner, Bora; Çiftçi, Bahadır (NLM (Medline), 2022)OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine the treatment preferences of physicians interested in fibromyalgia treatment and to investigate their hesitations about prescribing pregabalin. METHODS: Our survey study was conducted ... -
Bilateral bi-level erector spinae plane blocks as a part of opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia in scoliosis surgery: A case series of six pediatric patients
Domagalska, Malgorzata; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Kolasinski, Jerzy; Kowalski, Grzegorz; Wieczorowska-Tobis, Katarzyna (MDPI, 2023)Background and Aim: Postoperative pain after scoliosis surgery is severe and usually requires long-term intravenous opioid therapy. Local anesthetic options, such as wound infiltration, are limited and include neuraxial ... -
Bilateral erector spinae plane block provides postoperative analgesia for laparoscopic distal esophagectomy surgery
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel (Springer, 2019)The ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a newly described interfascial plane block that provides both thoracic analgesia at T5 level and abdominal analgesia at T7–9 level (Restrepo Garces et al. 2017). ... -
Cadaveric investigation about the spread of peritibial fascial infiltration block
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel; Tekin, Bahar; Pençe, Kadriye B.; Alver, Selçuk; Sakul, Bayram Ufuk; Alıcı, Haci Ahmet (NLM (Medline), 2022)Recently, Ekinci et al. defined a novel lower extremity fascial plane block named peritibial fascial infiltration block (PFIB). They performed PFIB for analgesia management after tibia fracture surgery and reported successful ... -
Cadaveric investigation of the spread of the thoracoabdominal nerve block using the perichondral and modified perichondral approaches
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Alıcı, Hacı Ahmet; Ansen, Gamze; Sakul, Bayram Ufuk; Tulgar, Serkan (Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2022)Interfascial plane blocks and associated nomenclature are currently popular topics in the field of anesthesia. While several novel plane blocks have been described, cadaveric studies on the spread of novel blocks are ... -
Clavipectoral fascia plane block for analgesia after clavicle surgery
Atalay, Yunus Oktay; Mürsel, Ekinci; Çiftçi, Bahadır; İpteç, Gülşen (Elsevier Doyma, 2019)Clavicular fracture is the most common injury of the shoulder girdle, and has an incidence of 35%. It mainly occurs in young men, usually as a result of sports activities or traffic accidents, and the most common fracture ... -
A comparison of adductor canal block before and after thigh tourniquet during knee arthroscopy: A randomized, blinded study
Ekinci, Mürsel; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Demiraran, Yavuz; Çelik, Erkan Cem; Yayık, Murat; Ömür, Burak; Kuyucu, Ersin; Atalay, Yunus Oktay (Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2021)Background: Adductor canal block (ACB) provides effective analgesia management after arthroscopic knee surgery. However, there is insufficient data about performing ACB before or after inflation of a thigh tourniquet. We ... -
Comparison of intravenous ibuprofen and paracetamol for postoperative pain management after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. A randomized controlled study
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel; Çelik, Erkan Cem; Kaçıroğlu, Ahmet; Karakaya, Muhammet Ahmet; Demiraran, Yavuz; Özdenkaya, Yaşar (Springer, 2019)Background Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is defined as the first-step bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity. Opioid analgesics are often preferred for pain management because of their strong analgesic ... -
A comparison of the ultrasound-guided modified-thoracolumbar interfascial plane block and wound infiltration for postoperative pain management in lumbar spinal surgery patients
Ekinci, Mürsel; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Çelik, Erkan Cem; Yayık, Ahmet Murat; Tahta, Alican; Atalay, Yunus Oktay (Kare Publishing, 2020)Objectives: Pain management is an important issue following lumbar spinal surgery. Wound infiltration is a technique that a local anesthetic solution is infiltrated into the tissues around the surgical area. Previous studies ... -
Comparison of ultrasound-guided type-II pectoral nerve block and rhomboid intercostal block for pain management following breast cancer surgery: A randomized, controlled trial
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel; Basım, Pelin; Çelik, Erkan Cem; Tukaç, İsmail Cem; Zenciroğlu, Mahmut; Atalay, Yunus Oktay (Wiley, 2021)Purpose Although breast-conserving surgery-axillary dissection (BCS-AD) is a minimally invasive surgery, patients may suffer from moderate-to-severe pain. Several regional techniques can be used for pain control. The type ... -
Continuous ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block for the management of chronic pain
Ahıskalıoğlu, Ali; Alıcı, Hacı Ahmet; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Çelik, Mine; Karaca, Ömer (Elsevier France-Editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, 2019)Neuropathic pain is a common chronic pain condition, whichcan develop due to a variety of etiologies such as surgery, trauma,herpes zoster, diabetes, and cancer[1]. It is usually difficult tomanage, and patients often show ... -
Deep supraspinatus muscle plane block: Is it just a new description of an old technique?
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ahıskalıoğlu, Ali; Ekinci, Mürsel; Alıcı, Hacı Ahmet (Elsevier Inc., 2021)To the Editor, We have read with interest the reply to Kose et al. by Teles et al. [1]. The authors commented on the deep supraspinatus muscle plane block (DSMPB) performed by Kose et al. in terms of nomenclature being ... -
Detailed therapeutic hypothermia protocol after cardiac arrest
Kızılaslan, Deniz; Erdoğan, Cem; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel (Galenos Yayıncılık, 2019)Sudden cardiac arrest occurs in an average of 375,000 people every year in Europe (1). Cardiac arrest lasting five minutes or longer results in cerebral injury (1). In order to achieve better neurological results ... -
Does ESPB performed at the level of T4 cover axillary area? A cadaveric study
Çiftçi, Bahadır; Altıparmak, Başak; Tekin, Bahar; Şakul, Bayram Ufuk; Alıcı, Hacı Ahmet (Elsevier Inc., 2021)Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has rapidly become popular following its first description by Forero et al. in 2016 [1,2]. Previous randomized controlled trials demonstrated the efficacy of ESPB for breast cancer surgery ... -
Does the vitamin C level affect postoperative analgesia in patients who undergo orthognathic surgery?
Süzen, Muazzez; Zengin, Mustafa; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Uçkan, Sina (Churchill Livingstone, 2023)Vitamin C has a critical role in pain management because of its antioxidative, neuroprotective, and anti-nociceptive properties. Oxidative stress caused by surgery increases the requirement for vitamin C. The aim of this ... -
The effectiveness of clavipectoral fascia plane block for analgesia after clavicle surgery: A report of five cases
Atalay, Yunus Oktay; Çiftçi, Bahadır; Ekinci, Mürsel; Yesiltaş, Serdar (Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2020)Clavicle fracture is common in men and children after adirect fall on shoulder during sport activity such as cycling or an injury during a traffic accident.1 The pain afterclavicle fracture surgery may be managed with ...
