A Note on Anesthesia for Mohs Nasal Defects

Jayne E. Coleman; James F. Thornton

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1351228

Seminars in Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents

Semin Plast Surg 2013; 27(02): 127-128
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1351228

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A Note on Anesthesia for Mohs Nasal Defects

Authors

Jayne E. Coleman

¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
James F. Thornton

²Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Abstract

Patients needing surgical repair after nasal Mohs surgery require immediate prescreening by an anesthesiology provider to determine if the patient is a candidate for the appropriate anesthetic or is to be delayed for more medical evaluation. These patients may need anesthesia anywhere on the spectrum from local anesthesia only to general endotracheal anesthesia, and this may affect where and when the plastic surgeon can proceed.

Keywords

nasal Mohs surgery repair - general anesthesia - MAC anesthesia

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