[Dexmedetomidine is an excellent sedative for voice monitoring surgery].
We experienced anesthesia for three cases of unilateral recurrent nerve palsy scheduled for thyroplasty type I requiring voice monitoring. The patients were sedated with dexmedetomidine and locally anesthetized. Dexmedetomidine provided sedation of high quality with natural sleep, good response to asking for phonation and very few respiratory depressions. We conclude that dexmedetomidine is an excellent sedative as a drug used for voice monitoring surgery.
Department of Anesthesiology, Japan Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Tokyo 154-8532.
Takanori
T
Okamoto
Tomohisa
T
Mori
Tomoko
T
Takeda
Motohide
M
Tokunaga
Noriko
N
Yuki
Shinya
S
Arimura
Akira
A
Takita
Masahiko
M
Taoda
Ryuji
R
Arakawa
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D020927:Dexmedetomidine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D010699:Phonation; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D020927:Dexmedetomidine