Anesthesia for vascular surgery

Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery

Most of the pathology is due to diffuse atherosclerosis, a systemic progressive disease that can cause: Arterial plaque enlargement, arterial embolism, or complete occlusion of circulation. The plaque location is often at the bifurcations where turbulent fl ow might exist. Mostly at the carotid coronary arteries, iliac arteries, aorta and superfi cial femoral artery. The symptoms might vary wit...

Regional anesthesia for major vascular surgery.

The relative merits of general vs regional anesthesia for patients undergoing major vascular surgery has been the subject of debate over the past decade. Previous studies of regional vs general anesthesia often were deficient in experimental design and, therefore, did not produce definitive answers. Some of these deficiencies related to non-standardized, poorly conducted, and/or described gener...

regional anesthesia in cardio-vascular surgery

Surgery and Anesthesia Management for Intraoral Synechia: A Case Report

Introduction: Intraoral synechia is a rare congenital condition, generally associated with other maxillo-facial malformations. We present a neonate with congenital intraoral bilateral synechia without any other facial anomalies.   Case Report: In this paper, we present a 19-day-old male neonate with congenital intraoral bilateral synechia without any other facial anomalies. We review the litera...

Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery

Ambulatory anesthesia allows quick recovery from anesthesia, leading to an early discharge and rapid resumption of daily activities, which can be of great benefit to patients, healthcare providers, third-party payers, and hospitals. Recently, with the development of minimally invasive surgical techniques and short-acting anesthetics, the use of ambulatory surgery has grown rapidly. Additionally...