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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Avoiding Emetogenic Triggers in the First Place Is More Effective than Using Antiemetics

Anesthesia for Cosmetic Surgery; 3535 E. Coast Hwy., PMB 103; Corona del Mar, California; drfriedberg{at}drfriedberg.com or www.cosmeticsurgeryanesthesia.com

To the Editor:

Congratulations to Gan et al. on their recent publication describing guidelines for the management and treatment of adults and children at risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).1 Although regional anesthesia is mentioned as part of decreasing baseline PONV risk, the emphasis is heavily biased in favor of antiemetic therapy. The administration of adequate local analgesia may be the critical key to avoidance of emetogenic triggers and the subsequent PONV. Following this paradigm, a PONV rate of 0.5% in a high risk group of elective cosmetic surgery patients without the use of any antiemetics was published.2 Although this experience was lacking a control group, the results are consistent with other studies that included proper controls.3,4

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2. Friedberg BL. Propofol-ketamine technique: dissociative anesthesia for office surgery: a five year review of 1264 cases. Aesthetic Plast Surg 1999;23:70[Web of Science][Medline]
3. Song D, Greilich NB, White PF, Watcha MF, Tongier WK. Recovery profiles of outpatients undergoing unilateral inguinal herniorraphy: a comparison of three anesthetic techniques. Anesth Analg 1999; 88:S30
4. Liu SS, Strodtbeck WM, Richman JM, Wu CL. A comparison of regional versus general anesthesia for ambulatory anesthesia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Anesth Analg 2005;101:1634[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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