ENDONASAL OPERATION UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA

• Published in: JIBI INKOKA TEMBO Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 405 - 410
• Main Authors: Ishii, Masanori, Iida, Makoto, Asai, Kazuyasu, Hasegawa, Youki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Society of Oto-rhino-laryngology Tokyo 1996; 耳鼻咽喉科展望会
• Subjects: amount of hemorrhage; endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery; general anesthesia
• ISSN: 0386-9687; 1883-6429
• DOI: 10.11453/orltokyo1958.39.405

A retrospective study was made of 113 cases undergoing endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery under general anesthesia. Said time was 78.8 min in general anesthesia and 90.3 min in local anesthesia. Operation time was thus shorter in genaral anesthesia, and moreover there were no cases in which noticeable increase in the amount of hemorrhage of serious postoperative complications were observed. In the past, general anesthesia was employed in few sinus operations because it tended to cause larger amount of hemorrhage than local anesthesia. However, the technology of general anesthesiology and social set-ting have changed, and thus we think that general anesthesiology should be attempted more aggressively in endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery.