Early Postoperative Pain Control and Inflammation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparison of Continuous Adductor Canal Block versus Single-Shot Adductor Canal Block Combined with Patient-Controlled Intravenous Analgesia by Xiaojuan Yang, Jun Dong, Wei Xiong, Fusen Huang

“…The aim of this study was to compare pain control and inflammation among patients who received a continuous adductor canal block (CACB) versus single-shot adductor canal block (SACB) combined with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) analgesia in the first two days after surgery. …”
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Randomized controlled comparative study of anterior abdominal field block at linea semilunaris with a standard institutional regimen for postoperative analgesia in caesarean section: Post-operative caesarean section analgesia with abdominal field block by Sudhakar D.S., Selvakumar R., Arunachalam R., Murugesan K., Karthick S.

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Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in an Adolescent on Long-Term Inhalational Corticosteroids by Anthony C. Egger, R. Tracy Ballock

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Letter to the Editor Regarding “Analgesic Effectiveness of Truncal Plane Blocks in Patients Undergoing the Nuss Procedure: A Randomized Controlled Trial” by Guanyu Yang, Qinjun Chu

Subjects: “…Transversus thoracic muscle plane block…”
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Thoracic spinal anaesthesia – An effective alternative to general anaesthesia in breast surgeries: A randomised, non-blinded study by G S Karthik, Rangalakshmi Srinivasan, R Sudheer, M Amabareesha, T S Monisha, M Dilip Kumar

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Intrathecal magnesium sulphate as an adjuvant to bupivacaine for infraumbilical surgeries: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohamed Mohamed Belal, Osama Mohammad Alazki, Mohamed Nabih Bashir, Lana Yousef Sbitan, Douaa Albelal, Farah Albakkar, Abdelrahmanh H. Hafez, Ayman Issa Nabhan

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Nelfinavir Impairs Glycosylation of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Envelope Proteins and Blocks Virus Maturation by Soren Gantt, Eliora Gachelet, Jacquelyn Carlsson, Serge Barcy, Corey Casper, Michael Lagunoff

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The Primary Alteration of Ventricular Myocardium Conduction: The Significant Determinant of Left Bundle Branch Block Pattern by Ljuba Bacharova, Bayes de Luna

“…This opinion paper is focused on the alterations of the ventricular working myocardium leading to the most frequent IVCD pattern—the left bundle branch block pattern (LBBB). Recognizing the underlying mechanisms of the LBBB patterns and the involvement of the ventricular working myocardium is of utmost clinical importance, considering a patient’s prognosis and indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy.…”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Facet Blocking for Treating Back Pain Caused by Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture by Yongquan Cheng, Xiaoliang Wu, Jiawei Shi, Hui Jiang

“…Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and facet blocking (FB) combined therapy would relieve pain better, but it has not been elucidated. …”
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Rescue RM/CS-AKI by blocking strategy with one-dose anti-myoglobin RabMAb by Xinyue Wang, Ning Li, Lu Han, Ou Qiao, Xin Chen, Pengtao Wang, Lancao Zhang, Yingjie Hou, Fengjiao Bao, Herui Hao, Sania Saeed, Li Zhang, Zizheng Li, Xiaohong Duan, Shuquan Rao, Zichuan Liu, Yanhua Gong

“…A single dose of anti-Mb RabMAb injection is sufficient for emergency rescue in both homologous and heterologous RM/CS-AKI male animal models. The main goal of blocking the passage of free Mb through the glomerular filtration barrier has been achieved by using the anti-Mb RabMAb, which has a long-term stable therapeutic effect within 14 days and promotes phagocytosis of Mb. …”
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A Rare Side Effect due to TNF-Alpha Blocking Agent: Acute Pleuropericarditis with Adalimumab by Hakan Ozkan, Ahmet Seckin Cetinkaya, Tekin Yildiz, Tahsin Bozat

“…Adalimumab is one of the well-known tumor necrosis factor-alpha blocking agents. There are several side effects reported in patients with adalimumab therapy. …”
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Hybrid Bernstein Block-Pulse Functions Method for Second Kind Integral Equations with Convergence Analysis by Mohsen Alipour, Dumitru Baleanu, Fereshteh Babaei

“…We introduce a new combination of Bernstein polynomials (BPs) and Block-Pulse functions (BPFs) on the interval [0, 1]. …”
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Pioglitazone Attenuates Drug-Eluting Stent-Induced Proinflammatory State in Patients by Blocking Ubiquitination of PPAR by Zhongxia Wang, Tao Zhang, Lizhe Sun, Ruifeng Li, Yuanyuan Wei, Xiaojuan Fan, Zuyi Yuan, Junhui Liu, Tao Chen

“…DES-induced mRNA expressions of IL-6, TNF-α, and MMP-9 in circulating MNC were significantly blocked by PIO (P=0.031, 0.012, and 0.007, resp.). …”
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Development characteristics and river blocking outburst analysis of Shadong landslide in the upper reaches of Jinsha River by Shunxiang ZHENG, Jun WANG, Yong YAN, Wen LIU, Heng ZHAO, Junxiang YANG, Xiongan FAN, Yi ZHANG, Meng WANG, Tianbin YU

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Controls on the geotechnical properties of plastic-bonded pavement blocks produced by artisanal means in Bamenda, Cameroon by Bertrand Tatoh Aziwo, Moses Kuma Mbuh, Irene Bongsiysi Bame, Paul Venyite, Moyouwou Amadou Njoya, Fidelis Toke Ntam, M.V. Nsongka, Ndigui Billong

Subjects: “…Pavement blocks…”
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Enhancing Microgrid Protection With Impedance-Based Blocking: An Embedded Validation on a Dual-Layer Architecture by Thiago S. Menezes, Ricardo A. S. Fernandes, Denis V. Coury

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Partial Block by Riluzole of Muscle Sodium Channels in Myotubes from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients by Cristina Deflorio, Emanuela Onesti, Clotilde Lauro, Giorgio Tartaglia, Aldo Giovannelli, Cristina Limatola, Maurizio Inghilleri, Francesca Grassi

“…Riluzole, the only approved drug for ALS treatment, blocks voltage-gated Na+ channels, but its effects on muscle Na+ channels and fibrillations are yet poorly characterized. …”
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A 4-Point Block Method for Solving Higher Order Ordinary Differential Equations Directly by Nazreen Waeleh, Zanariah Abdul Majid

“…An alternative block method for solving fifth-order initial value problems (IVPs) is proposed with an adaptive strategy of implementing variable step size. …”
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Jaw Manipulation Using Ultrasound-Guided Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block for Trismus in Temporomandibular Disorders by Yuki Kojima, Ryozo Sendo

“…Ultrasound-guided inferior alveolar nerve block was performed with ropivacaine, which relieved the pain in the patient. …”
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Identification and Removal of Light Pollution in Maritime Night-Time Images Based on Spatial Frequency Blocks by Hui Sun, Jingyang Wang, Mingyang Pan, Zongying Liu, Shaoxi Li, Ruolan Zhang, Yang Wei

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