Breast-Conserving Surgery Under Local Anesthesia in Elderly Patients with Severe Cardiorespiratory Comorbidities: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study

• Published in: Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 28 - 32
• Main Authors: Karanlik, Hasan, Kılıç, Berkay, Yıldırım, Ilknur, Bademler, Süleyman, Ozgur, Ilker, Ilhan, Burak, Onder, Semen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger GmbH 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Original; Original Article; Surgery; Local anesthesia; General anesthesia; Breast cancer; Safety; Lymph nodes; Breast-conserving surgery

Introduction: We report the feasibility and safety of local anesthesia (LA) in patients having breast-conserving surgery (BCS). Methods: 37 patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score of 4 having BCS under LA and 54 age-matched subjects with ASA score of 3-4 having BCS under gene...