RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pectoral nerve block as the sole anesthetic technique for a modified radical mastectomy in a comorbid patient
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1285
OP 1289
DO 10.15537/smj.2019.12.24644
VO 40
IS 12
A1 Debbag, Sehend
A1 Sarıcaoğlu, Fatma
YR 2019
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/40/12/1285.abstract
AB 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.