Bilateral superficial cervical plexus block with or without low-dose intravenous ketamine analgesia: effective, simple, safe, and cheap alternative to conventional general anesthesia for selected neck surgeries | Zendy

Sandip Mukhopadhyay | Zendy; Niyogi | Zendy; Dutta | Zendy; Ray | Zendy; Gayen | Zendy; Mukherjee | Zendy; Samanta Mukhopadhyay | Zendy

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Bilateral superficial cervical plexus block with or without low-dose intravenous ketamine analgesia: effective, simple, safe, and cheap alternative to conventional general anesthesia for selected neck surgeries

Author(s) -

Sandip Mukhopadhyay,

Niyogi,

Dutta,

Ray,

Gayen,

Mukherjee,

Samanta Mukhopadhyay

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

local and regional anesthesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.679

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1178-7112

DOI - 10.2147/lra.s28360

Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , surgery , anesthesia , cervical plexus , thyroglossal cyst , cyst , thyroglossal duct

General anesthesia is commonly used for surgery in the neck region. Superficial cervical plexus block is adequate to produce anesthesia in the anterior and anterolateral aspects of the neck. Our aim was to observe the effectiveness of bilateral cervical plexus block for surgery in this region of the neck.

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