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- Title
Anesthetic management of a case of a lip mass with paraseptal emphysema and multiple bilateral giant bullae for surgical resection under mental nerve block.
- Authors
HALOI, PRAJNANANDA; BISWAS, RAHUL; BORA, ANANTA K.
- Abstract
Anesthesia in patients with emphysematous giant bulla undergoing non-thoracic surgery is challenging and can cause serious complications. We report a successful case of lip mass resection in a 65-year-old male with paraseptal emphysema and giant bullae under regional anesthesia using a mental nerve block. The patient presented with a slow-growing ulcerative mass on his lower lip and had a history of non-compliant COPD management. An excisional biopsy was planned. Preoperative workup revealed extensive lung pathology with giant bullae. General anesthesia with positive pressure ventilation in patients with emphysematous giant bullae can cause compression of lung parenchyma, vena cava kinking, circulatory collapse, and even death. To circumvent such risks, regional anesthesia was preferred and surgery was successfully done under ultrasound-guided bilateral mental nerve block. The procedure was uneventful, with stable hemodynamics throughout.
- Subjects
MANDIBULAR nerve; SURGICAL excision; POSITIVE pressure ventilation; NERVE block; ANESTHETICS; VENAE cavae; CONDUCTION anesthesia
- Publication
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2024, Vol 18, Issue 3, p442
- ISSN
1658-354X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/sja.sja_43_24