ISSN:
1435-0130
Keywords:
Cleft palate
;
Bleeding
;
Adrenalin
;
POR 8
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Forty unselected cleft lip and cleft palate patients were divided into 2 groups. Using a double blind test method, local infiltration was performed with adrenalin + xylocaine in group I and POR 8 in group 11. Heart arrhythmia did not occur in either of the two groups. A 20 to 50 percent increase in blood pressure and heart rate was observed after adrenalin infiltration. Less than 20 percent increase was observed after POR 8 infiltration. Bleeding was equivalent in the cleft palate group but there was some more bleeding with POR 8 in the cleft lip group. However, troublesome postoperative bleeding was observed in 4 cases of cleft palate after adrenalin infiltration, one of them requiring reintubation. This observation and the absence of side effects of POR 8 justify for us the routine use of this drug in cleft palate surgery.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00295647
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