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KMID : 0371420170930030166
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Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
2017 Volume.93 No. 3 p.166 ~ p.169
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Pectoral nerve block (Pecs block) with sedation for breast conserving surgery without general anesthesia
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Moon Eun-Jin
Kim Seung-Beom
Chung Jun-Young
Song Jeong-Yoon
Yi Jae-Woo
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Abstract
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Most regional anesthesia in breast surgeries is performed as postoperative pain management under general anesthesia, and not as the primary anesthesia. Regional anesthesia has very few cardiovascular or pulmonary side-effects, as compared with general anesthesia. Pectoral nerve block is a relatively new technique, with fewer complications than other regional anesthesia. We performed Pecs I and Pec II block simultaneously as primary anesthesia under moderate sedation with dexmedetomidine for breast conserving surgery in a 49-year-old female patient with invasive ductal carcinoma. Block was uneventful and showed no complications. Thus, Pecs block with sedation could be an alternative to general anesthesia for breast surgeries.
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KEYWORD
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Breast conserving surgery, Nerve block, Pectoral nerves
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