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JA clinical reports · Mar 2019
Successful anesthetic management for total mastectomy in a pregnant woman using general anesthesia combined with continuous erector spinae plane block: a case report.
- Atsushi Sawada, Sayaka Sotome, Mikako Kusakai, and Michiaki Yamakage.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1, West 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan. atusihon7@gmail.com.
- JA Clin Rep. 2019 Mar 18; 5 (1): 23.
BackgroundAnesthetic considerations for surgery during pregnancy include the safety of both mother and fetus. We successfully administered anesthesia for total mastectomy to a pregnant woman using general anesthesia combined with continuous erector spinae plane block.Case PresentationA 41-year-old woman was scheduled to undergo total mastectomy at 18 weeks' gestation. Hence, we decided to administer general anesthesia combined with continuous erector spinae plane block to minimize physiological stress on both mother and fetus. Continuous erector spinae plane block provided sufficient postoperative analgesia for our patient, completely eliminating the need for additional rescue analgesia during the entire postoperative period.ConclusionsGeneral anesthesia combined with continuous erector spinae plane block provided adequate analgesia without maternal hypotension in a pregnant woman undergoing total mastectomy.
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