Combined local-propofol anesthesia with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in a vasectomy patient with sleep apnea syndrome.
A vasectomy patient with sleep apnea syndrome, who requested general anesthesia and day surgery, was given sole propofol infusion with airway maintenance by noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation. Surgery was performed with additional local anesthesia. Because this patient was treated successfully, this anesthetic technique may also be applicable to other normal patients.
D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D008297:Male; D015742:Propofol; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014659:Vasectomy
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol