Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Clinical Research Articles Changes in pulse wave transit time variability after interscalene brachial plexus block placement

Eun Joo Choi, Jung A Lim, Chang Hyuk Choi, Dong Hyuck Kim, Sungbin Jo, Jonghae Kim

Received December 5, 2024  Accepted April 28, 2025  

Letters to the Editor Beyond suction: should we consider post-aspiration recruitment maneuvers?

Cyril Pernod, Pierre-Julien Cungi, Hilaire de Malleray, Quentin Mathais, Michael Cardinale, Philippe Goutorbe

Received February 25, 2025  Accepted April 29, 2025  

Editorials Clinical applications and potential use of the oxygen reserve index during the perioperative period

Yu Kyung Bae, Junghee Ryu

Received April 20, 2025  Accepted May 8, 2025  

Three pillars of artificial intelligence research in anesthesiology: welcoming address to the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology’s new guidelines for machine learning and deep learning research

Younsuk Lee

Received April 21, 2025  Accepted April 29, 2025  

Experimental Research Articles Injectate distribution patterns with the posterior infrazygomatic and transoral approaches to the pterygopalatine fossa

Anže Jerman, Luka Pušnik, Erika Cvetko, Nejc Umek, Žiga Snoj

Received December 21, 2024  Accepted May 1, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles The effect of perioperative ketamine and esketamine administration on postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing general anesthesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kwon Hui Seo, Shu Chung Choi, Jueun Kwak, Na Jin Kim

Received December 29, 2024  Accepted May 8, 2025  

Experimental Research Articles Receptor subtype-dependent effects of propofol on metalloproteinase activity, NKG2D ligand expression, and NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity in breast cancer: an in vitro study

Hyun-Su Ri, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Jaeho Bae, Ah-Reum Cho, Jae Rin Kim, Seungbin Park, Kah Young Lee, Soeun Jeon

Received January 7, 2025  Accepted March 31, 2025  

Letters to the Editor Authors’ reply to “Comment on: ‘Axillary serratus anterior plane block as a novel approach to anesthetizing the intercostobrachial nerve’”

Chi Ho Chan, Jia Yin Lim, Abey M.V. Mathews

Received April 8, 2025  Accepted April 23, 2025  

Comment on: “Axillary serratus anterior plane block as a novel approach to anesthetizing the intercostobrachial nerve”

Raghuraman M Sethuraman

Received April 1, 2025  Accepted April 23, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles Predicting neurological complications post clipping surgery in unruptured intracranial aneurysms using the NEURO score: a multi-center retrospective cohort study

Yeon Ju Kim, Ah Ran Oh, Soo Jeong, Jungchan Park, Min-Ju Kim, Seong-yoon Kim, Wonhyoung Park, Jae Sung Ahn, Chan-Sik Kim, Ji-Hoon Sim, Yong-Seok Park, Seungil Ha, Joung Uk Kim

Received December 31, 2024  Accepted April 25, 2025  

Effect of low-dose volatile anesthetics on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during anesthesia with remimazolam

Hee-Sun Park, Wonho Choi, Dong-Ho Lee, Yong Seo Koo, Se Keun Oh, Won Uk Koh

Received August 26, 2024  Accepted March 27, 2025  

Effect of mild hypercapnia during the recovery period on the emergence time from total intravenous anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial

Lan Liu, Xiangde Chen, Qingjuan Chen, Xiuyi Lu, Lili Fang, Jinxuan Ren, Yue Ming, Dawei Sun, Pei Chen, Weidong Wu, Lina Yu

Received June 3, 2024  Accepted March 4, 2025  

Evaluation of the efficacy of M-TAPA and EXORA block application for analgesia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective, single-blind, observational study

Korgün Ökmen, Durdu Kahraman Yıldız, Gökberk Kürşat Ülker

Received August 9, 2024  Accepted March 31, 2025  

Corrigendum Hypotension after induction of anesthesia with remimazolam or etomidate: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Jeong-Jin Min, Eun Jung Oh, Hyun Ji Hwang, Sungwoo Jo, Hyunsung Cho, Chungsu Kim, Jong-Hwan Lee

Corrects: Korean J Anesthesiol 2025 4; 78(2): 139

Experimental Research Articles Laparotomy and burst suppression-inducing sevoflurane induce subtle long-term changes in anxiety and social behavior in late postnatal mice

Tao Zhang, Yulim Lee, Xianshu Ju, Jiho Park, Boohwi Hong, Jianchen Cui, Yeonsu Kim, Seongeun Kim, Chul Hee Choi, Jun Young Heo, Woosuk Chung

Received October 31, 2024  Accepted March 30, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles 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  

Statistical Rounds 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  

Clinical Research Articles Comparison of combined intranasal dexmedetomidine and ketamine versus chloral hydrate for pediatric procedural sedation: a randomized controlled trial

Young-Eun Jang, Eun-Young Joo, Jung-Bin Park, Sang-Hwan Ji, Eun-Hee Kim, Ji-Hyun Lee, Hee-Soo Kim, Jin-Tae Kim

Received November 20, 2024  Accepted March 9, 2025  

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  

‘Think Drink’ approach to minimize unnecessary preoperative fasting: 18 years audit experience

Katarzyna A. R. MacDougall, Shahnoor E. S. Bushra, Santhana G. Kannan

Received July 22, 2024  Accepted February 3, 2025  

Statistical Rounds Comprehensive reporting guidelines and checklist for studies developing and utilizing artificial intelligence models

Sang Gyu Kwak, Jonghae Kim

Received January 31, 2025  Accepted February 23, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles Liver transplantation outcomes in patients with primary tricuspid regurgitation with coaptation defects: a retrospective analysis in a high-volume transplant center

Kyoung-Sun Kim, Sun-Young Ha, Seong-Mi Yang, Hye-Mee Kwon, Sung-Hoon Kim, In-Gu Jun, Jun-Gol Song, Gyu-Sam Hwang

Received August 5, 2024  Accepted December 17, 2024  

Review Article Revisiting anesthesia-induced preconditioning for neuroprotection in the aging brain: a narrative review

Tao Zhang, Woosuk Chung, Beverley A. Orser

Received January 30, 2025  Accepted March 2, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles 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  

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  

Case Reports Axillary serratus anterior plane block as a novel approach to anesthetizing the intercostobrachial nerve for upper arm arteriovenous fistula creation surgery -three case reports-

Chi Ho Chan, Jia Yin Lim, Abey M.V. Mathews

Received December 18, 2024  Accepted February 23, 2025  

Successful removal of a large intratracheal tumor using the injection-time-controllable manual jet ventilator via translaryngeal approach -a case report-

Darhae Eum, Hyun Joo Kim, Wyun Kon Park

Received December 27, 2024  Accepted March 4, 2025  

Letters to the Editor Impossible ventilation in a neonate after tracheoesphageal fistula repair: a lesson learned!

Harshini Medikondu, Dhruv Jain, Anju Gupta, Vignesh Venkatesan, Mritunjay Kumar

Received January 13, 2025  Accepted February 25, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles 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  

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  

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  

Association between preoperative oxygen reserve index and postoperative pulmonary complications: a prospective observational study

Sangho Lee, Halin Hong, Hyojin Cho, Sang-Wook Lee, Ann Hee You, Hee Yong Kang, Sung Wook Park, Mi Kyeong Kim, Jeong-Hyun Choi

Received June 25, 2024  Accepted January 5, 2025  

Statistical Rounds Heterogeneity in meta-analyses: an unavoidable challenge worth exploring

Geun Joo Choi, Hyun Kang

Received January 2, 2025  Accepted February 14, 2025  

Clinical Research Articles A simple sonographic approach to thoracic transforaminal epidural injections for zoster-associated pain involving multiple nerves: an exploratory prospective cohort study

Shuyue Zheng, Dan Wang, Li Yue, Liangliang He

Received November 21, 2024  Accepted February 9, 2025  

Letters to the Editor A seizure case induced by topical application of tranexamic acid in a local incision

Yanping Wu, Xin Xiong, Quan Hu, Meiling Wang, Yongbing Wu

Received December 30, 2024  Accepted February 4, 2025  

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  

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  

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  

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Letters to the Editor WITHDRAWN:Smartphones are definitely a boon in operation theatre if used smartly enough

Anju Gupta, Nishkarsh Gupta

Received June 9, 2019  Accepted June 18, 2019