Open AccessA Technic of General Anesthesia for Blepharoplasty and Rhytidectomy
Author(s) -
Howard T. Katz,
Ryouta Machida,
D G Wootton,
R Amonic
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/00000539-197603000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , rhytidectomy , blepharoplasty , anesthesia , enflurane , surgery , intubation , airway , tracheal intubation , hematoma , epinephrine , halothane , eyelid
A series of 66 consecutive cases of blepharoplasty and rhytidectomy are reported, 60 of which were performed with a general anesthesia technic utilizing local anesthesia with epinephrine, in association with enflurane inhalation delivered via bilateral nasopharyngeal airways (BNPA). Six cases were not suitable candidates for the technic because of physical status or for anatomic reasons. The technic has teh advantage of providing airway control without tracheal intubation, light depth of anesthesia, compatibility with epinephrine, and highly acceptable limits of intraoperative bleeding and postoperative hematoma.