Continuous maxillary and mandibular nerve block for perioperative pain relief : The excision of a complicated pleomorphic adenoma

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 nerv...

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Published inAnesthesia and analgesia Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 1531 - 1532
Main Authors KUMAR, Ashok, BANERJEE, Ashim
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hagerstown, MD Lippincott 01.11.2005
Subjects
Adenoma, Pleomorphic - surgery
Aged
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Male
Mandibular Nerve
Maxillary Nerve
Medical sciences
Nerve Block - methods
Pain, Postoperative - therapy
Anesthesia
Complication
Pain
Excision
Pleomorphic adenoma
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Summary: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 patient's hemodynamic variables.
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ISSN:0003-2999
1526-7598
DOI:10.1213/01.ANE.0000181332.74791.FC