[A case of combined thoracic epidural anesthesia-interscalene block application in high-risk mastectomy patients: a case report].
Recent advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques have facilitated general anesthesia and surgical possibilities in the higher-risk patient group. Although general anesthesia is the only preferred approach for breast surgery, there have been many clinical trials about breast surgery that has been achieved with regional anesthesia techniques. It is known that regional anesthesia application decreases the preoperative stress, postoperative morbidity and mortality. Additionally, this application positively affects the early start of feeding and mobilization. Regional anesthesia techniques like high thoracic epidural anesthesia, cervical epidural anesthesia and paravertebral block have been applied successfully in mastectomy operations. Combined thoracic epidural anesthesia-interscalene block technique may also be a good alternative to general or cervical, high thoracic epidural anesthesia. We aimed herein to present a case who underwent successful mastectomy and axillary dissection under combined thoracic epidural anesthesia-interscalene block.
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. akyektas722000@yahoo.co.uk.
Abdulkadir
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Yektaş
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Güneş Ülkü
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Ülger
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Mevlüt
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Çömlekçi
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Hacer
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Yeter
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Funda
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Gümüş
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Kerem
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Erkalp
Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
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Alagöl
D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae