Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

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Clinical Research Article

Association between preoperative anemia and postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational study: Ah Ran Oh, Jungchan Park, Chung Soo Kim, Sangmin Maria Lee, Seung Yeon Yoo; Received October 7, 2024 Accepted February 9, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24701 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Statistical Round

How to construct analysis of covariance in clinical trials: ANCOVA with one covariate in a completely randomized design structure: WooJin Jung, Kwan Lee, Hyung-Hwan Kim, Chiyeon Lim; Received November 21, 2024 Accepted February 23, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24820 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Clinical Research Articles

Effects of a virtual reality digital twin of the operating theatre on anxiety in pediatric surgery patients: a randomized controlled trial: Jiyoun Lee, Jung-Hee Ryu, Jin-Hee Kim, Sung-Hee Han, Jin-Woo Park; Received December 10, 2024 Accepted April 1, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24874 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Intertruncal versus classical approach to supraclavicular brachial plexus block on sensory-motor blockade for upper extremity surgery: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial: Zhipeng Wang, Jinyan Guo, Hanbin Xie, Guoliang Sun, Jianqiang Guan, Weifeng Yao, Quehua Luo; Received August 2, 2024 Accepted March 4, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24526 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

A modified hip pericapsular nerve block on postoperative pain and functional outcomes after total hip arthroplasty: a prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study: Jian Hu, Qiuru Wang, Jie Hu, Chunyu Gong, Jing Yang; Received August 28, 2024 Accepted February 24, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24593 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Efficacy of Pectoral Nerve II Block for Flap Dissection-Related Pain Following Robot-Assisted Transaxillary Thyroidectomy: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial: Min Suk Chae, Kwangsoon Kim; Received December 26, 2024 Accepted February 10, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24914 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Bicarbonate-buffered solution versus Plasma-Lyte™ in orthotopic adult liver transplantation: a pilot open-label, randomized, non-inferiority trial: Fumitaka Yanase, Laurence Weinberg, Michael Jiang, Varun Peri, Rebecca Caragata, Jian Wen Chan, Lachlan F. Miles, Shervin Tosif, Louise Ellard, Peter McCall, Brett Pearce, David A. Story, Param Pillai, Antony Leaver, Hannah Perlman, Jinesh Patel, Glenn Eastwood, Dong Kyu Lee, Rinaldo Bellomo; Received September 28, 2024 Accepted February 17, 2024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24677 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Influence of psychological factors on the benefit from interpectoral and pectoserratus plane block for recovery after partial mastectomy: a randomized controlled trial: Sung Yeon Ham, Jooyoung Oh, Ji Yeong Kim, Juyeong Park, Hye Sun Lee, Soong June Bae, Seung Ho Baek, Yoonwon Kook, Joon Jeong, Sung Gwe Ahn, Young Song; Received July 11, 2024 Accepted February 16, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24469 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Review Article

Heterogeneity in meta-analyses: an unavoidable challenge worth exploring: Geun Joo Choi, Hyun Kang; Received January 2, 2025 Accepted February 14, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.25001 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Clinical Research Articles

Mortality and factors associated with acute exacerbation after noncardiac surgery in patients with interstitial pneumonia: a retrospective study: Kaoru Umehara, Kazuhiro Shirozu, Taichi Ando, Kentaro Tokuda, Kei Makishima, Kazuya Imura, Shota Tsumura, Shinnosuke Takamori, Ken Yamaura; Received September 19, 2024 Accepted January 9, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24656 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Efficacy of light-transmitting eye shields for wound dressing in preventing pediatric emergence agitation following bilateral strabismus surgeries: a randomized clinical trial: Rui Zhang, Ting Huang, Peiting Fan, Zhubin Xie, Yanling Zhu, Xiaoliang Gan; Received August 25, 2024 Accepted January 15, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.24603 [Epub ahead of print]; PDF

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: comparison of subarachnoid analgesia, erector spine plane block, and intravenous analgesia for postoperative pain management: Pasquale Buonanno, Nicola Logrieco, Annachiara Marra, Lorenzo Spirito, Gianluigi Califano, Federica Blasio, Nausica Di Falco, Achille Aveta, Gianluca Spena, Giuseppe Servillo; Received December 27, 2022 Accepted February 7, 2023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.22821 [Epub ahead of print]
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