CERVICAL EPIDURAL BLOCK AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN A PATIENT WITH ANTICIPATED DIFFICULT AIRWAY AND DERANGED THYROID FUNCTION FOR THYROID SURGERIES
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 19
Abstract
Choosing safe anesthetic technique is pivotal role for anesthesiologist. It depends Age, preexisting systemic diseases and Type of surgery. In this case report we have chosen Cervical Epidural Block as an alternative to General Anesthesia for a case of Adenoma Thyroid undergoing Hemi thyroidectomy with deranged thyroid function and difficult Airway.
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Kailash Prabhudev, Basireddy Hariprasad Reddy, Prabhakar Rao Dharmavaram
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/427
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