title: Retrospective evaluation of general anesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery during a 10-year period (1976-1985).
abstract: Anesthetic cases of oral and maxillofacial surgery during the period 1976-1985 were reviewed. There was a total of 653 cases, and the most frequently performed operation in this series was open reduction of maxillofacial bone fracture (22.8%). Special clinical problems were encountered in the 72 cases (11.02%) who underwent surgery for osteoradionecrosis, because most of them suffered from trismus and stiff neck. Nasotracheal intubation was more commonly used (84.69%). Sixty six cases received tracheostomy since they suffered from serious trismus and/or severe maxillofacial fracture. The recently introduced method of induction using etomidate and fentanyl seemed effective in maintaining hemodynamic stability. In 147 cases (22.51%), the anesthesia lasted more than 4 hours. In 366 cases (56.04%), a local infiltration of the operation field was performed with 1:100,000 epinephrine. Of these, 76 cases developed cardiac arrhythmia, mainly VPC (ventricular premature contraction) 12 of whom had a history of preoperative cardiac arrhythmias. The incidence of preoperative medical disease was 10.27%, the most common being cardiovascular (32.84%) and respiratory (26.87%) disease. Complications occurred during anesthesia in 122 cases (18.69%) with a high incidence of cardiac arrhythmia (67.21%).
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Susetio
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013624:Taiwan