Ultrasound guided abdominal plane blocks as anesthetic technique for laparotomy in cancer patients: a case series
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https://doi.org/10.3126/jsan.v3i2.15625Keywords:
Anaesthesia, Gastrointestinal Neoplasm, Nerve blocks, Oncology, SurgeryAbstract
Diagnosis and surgery pertaining cancer are increasing day by day in the developing world. Delay in diagnosis, poor socioeconomic status, and poor medical facilities are the challenge in treating these patients. Decreasing or preventing postoperative morbidity is of paramount importance in these cases. Ultrasound guided abdominal plane blocks like transversus abdominis plane block, rectus sheath block and coeliac plexus in combination with ketofol and/or dexmedetomidine sedation may be the alternative to general anaesthesia with an endotracheal tube or neuraxial block. These techniques, successfully used in our patients undergoing cancer surgeries, have a potential to decrease intensive care length of stay, decrease requirement of mechanical ventilation, early ambulation, and discharge.
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