Local Anesthetic Facelift.

Local Anesthetic Facelift. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2020 Aug;28(3):409-418 Authors: DeJoseph LM, Pou JD Abstract A thorough medical history is critical in patient selection for local anesthesia facelifting. Patients with no prior issues with dental procedures and no history of significant anxiety are better candidates. Simplifying local anesthesia mixtures and using dilute concentrations will minimize dosing errors and decrease risk of local anesthesia toxicity. Oral anxiolytics can be used with caution to minimize patient anxiety. Pulse oximetry, telemetry, and blood pressure monitoring should be performed with any addition of oral or IV sedation/anxiolytic. The short-scar anterior facelift is ideal for local anesthesia due to the limited deep-plane dissection and shorter procedure duration. PMID: 32503722 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Surgical Clinics of North America - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am Source Type: research