Dexmedetomidine supplemented with local anesthesia for awake laryngoplasty.
Certain laryngeal procedures require a sedated patient who is responsive to allow for the assessment of vocalization. Dexmedetomidine as a single agent for sedation and anxiolysis for awake laryngoplasty in a patient with unilateral vocal fold paralysis is presented.
Abdelmalak
Basem
B
Departments of General Anesthesiology and Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. abdelmb@ccf.org
Gutenberg
Larina
L
Lorenz
Robert R
RR
Smith
Michael
M
Farag
Ehab
E
Doyle
D John
DJ
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D020927:Dexmedetomidine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery; D014851:Wakefulness
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D020927:Dexmedetomidine