Cervical Epidural Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy.
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2010
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Abstract
The successful anaesthetic management using a cervical epidural technique is reported in patients
undergoing carotid artery surgery. Adequate analgesia is obtained and the adequacy of cerebral
blood flow is easily judged by the patient’s state of consciousness. Cervical epidural anaesthesia
could be a safe and reasonable technique for the management of patients who need carotid artery
surgery.1
A 54 years old man of A.S.A (American Society of Anesthesiologists) grade- II underwent carotid
endarterectomy under Cervical Epidural Anaesthesia (CEA) at C7 – T1 level using a mixture of 0.5%
Lidocaine, 0.25% Bupivacaine and Fentanyl citrate. Standard peroperative monitoring including
invasive arterial blood pressure and arterial blood gas analysis was done.
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Cervical epidural Anaesthesia, Carotid Endarterectomy, Monitoring of cerebral function
Citation
Alauddin M, Choudhury B M M, Beg A K, Alam SA N, Chowdhury A Y F E. Cervical Epidural Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy. Cardiovascular Journal. 2010; 2(2): 256-257.