Open AccessGeneral or Local Anaesthesia in One-Day Thyroid Surgery-Does It Matter?
Author(s) -
M. Belitova,
Rumen Pandev,
D Karadimov
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
balkan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2146-3131
pISSN - 2146-3123
DOI - 10.5152/balkanmedj.2012.006
Subject(s) - medicine , general anaesthesia , anesthesia , thyroidectomy , patient satisfaction , anesthetic , airway , thyroid , surgery
We aimed to determine the safety and feasibility of general anaesthesia (GA) compared with local anaesthesia + Monitored Anaesthesia Care (LA+MAC) for One-Day Thyroid Surgery (ODTS); to assess patient and operator satisfaction with either of the anesthetic approaches.
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