Anaesthesia Using Propofol for Plastic Surgery.

Lee, Seung Ryong; Lee, Jong Youn; Kang, Sang Yoon; Cho, Sang Heon

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2006;33(3):353-358.
Published online May 1, 2006.

Anaesthesia Using Propofol for Plastic Surgery.

Seung Ryong Lee, Jong Youn Lee, Sang Yoon Kang, Sang Heon Cho

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of medicine, Pochun CHA University, Kyonggi, Korea. sykang@cha.ac.kr
²Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Bundang CHA General Hospital, College of medicine, Pochun CHA University, Kyonggi, Korea.
³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dongguk University Internation Hospital, Kyonggi, Korea.

Abstract

Propofol is widely used for supportive sedation in local and regional anaesthesia in plastic surgical procedure. We studied comparative effect of propofol comparing fontanel and midazolam that was previously used. From April 2003 to July 2005, 118 patients were reviewed whom propofol was used intravenous sedation in various plastic surgical procedures. In some cases, midazolam were used initially then converted to propofol. Patients were questioned for their satisfaction in group of propofol alone and midazoline and propofol combination. Vital sign(Blood pressure, Respiration rate) and O2 saturaion, sedation time, side effect and subjective satisfaction were evaluated. The result reveals that propofol is effective medicine for supplement intravenous sedative medicine for plastic surgeries especially when it was used with combination of midazolam.

Keywords: Propofol; Anaesthesia