Anesth Analg 2005;101:1531-1532
© 2005 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000181332.74791.FC
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Continuous Maxillary and Mandibular Nerve Block for Perioperative Pain Relief: The Excision of a Complicated Pleomorphic Adenoma
Ashok Kumar, MD, and
Ashim Banerjee, MD
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
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A 68-yr-old hypertensive patient with ischemic heart disease and intractable atrial fibrillation with stable hemodynamics and poor chest compliance underwent pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland using regional anesthesia with continuous propofol sedation. Continuous maxillary and mandibular nerve blocks were performed and excision was performed with complete intraoperative and postoperative pain relief without compromising the patients hemodynamic variables.
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