Pectoral nerve block as the sole anesthetic technique for a modified radical mastectomy in a comorbid patient.

Pectoral nerve block as the sole anesthetic technique for a modified radical mastectomy in a comorbid patient. Saudi Med J. 2019 Dec;40(12):1285-1289 Authors: Debbag S, Saricaoglu F Abstract Breast surgery operations are generally performed by general anesthesia. In order to decrease postoperative pain, regional anesthesia is usually combined with general anesthesia. Pectoral nerve blocks is a novel technique to provide perioperative and postoperative pain control for patients underwent breast surgery. We performed pectoral nerve block I and pectoral nerve block II as a sole anesthetic technique with sedation by dexmedetomidine for modified radical mastectomy, for a 75-year-old female patient with multiple diseases. Pectoral nerve blocks with sedation could be a good technique for breast surgery than general anesthesia in comorbid patients. PMID: 31828282 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research