title: Breast augmentation under general anesthesia versus monitored anesthesia care: a retrospective comparative study.
abstract: Breast augmentation is one of the leading esthetic surgeries, enjoying high satisfaction rates. Pain, nausea, and vomiting are frequent shortcomings of the immediate postoperative period. The aim of this study was to compare breast augmentation from the anesthetic point of view: general anesthesia (GA) versus monitored anesthesia care (MAC). The charts of 115 patients were reviewed in this retrospective study performed over a period of 2 years. Sixty-nine women chose to have the surgery done under MAC, and 46 under GA. Statistically significant differences were noted in both postoperative hospital stay (16.1 +/- 6.78 hours vs. 11.7 +/- 6.10 hours) and frequency of vomiting (mean, 0.5 vs. 0.22 times per patient) after GA and MAC, respectively (Mann-Whitney, P < 0.01). Postoperative pain, assessed using the visual analog scale, was significantly higher (mean visual analog scale, 5 vs. 3.27) when the prosthesis was placed in the submuscular plane compared with the subglandular plane (Mann-Whitney, P = 0.043). When offered a choice, more women preferred MAC over GA for their breast augmentation procedure. Less vomiting and shorter postoperative hospitalization were prominent in the MAC group.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors: Liron
authors: L
authors: Eldor
authors: Avi
authors: A
authors: Weissman
authors: Lucian
authors: L
authors: Fodor
authors: Nurit
authors: N
authors: Carmi
authors: Yehuda
authors: Y
authors: Ullmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D019928:Breast Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology