EFFECT OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PROXIMAL AND DISTAL APPROACH FOR OBTURATOR NERVE BLOCK IN TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF BLADDER CANCER UNDER SPINAL ANESTHESIA

Effect of ultrasound-guided proximal and distal approach for obturator nerve block in transurethral resection of bladder cancer under spinal anesthesia

Chao Han,1,2 Tieliang Ma,1,2 Daoyun Lei,1 Songhui Xie,1 Zhijun Ge1,21Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Yixing Hospital of Jiangsu University, Yixing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Yixing Clinical College, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yixing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of ChinaBackground: Ultrasound-guided p

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The Zoonotic Helminth Parasite Fasciola hepatica: Virulence-Associated Cathepsin B and Cathepsin L Cysteine Peptidases Secreted by Infective Newly Excysted Juveniles (NEJ)

Fasciolosis caused by Fasciola hepatica is a major global disease of livestock and an important neglected helminthiasis of humans.Infection arises when encysted metacercariae are ingested by the mammalian host.Within the intestine, the parasite excysts as a newly excysted juvenile (NEJ) that penetrates the intestinal wall and migrates to the liver.

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