• Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan · Dec 2010

    Case Reports

    Intraoperative wake-up test in a deaf-mute adolescent undergoing scoliosis surgery.

    • Yi-Chun Chen, Chien-Kun Ting, Mei-Yung Tsou, Kwok-Hon Chan, and Ya-Chun Chu.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. ycchu@vghtpe.gov.tw
    • Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan. 2010 Dec 1;48(4):185-7.

    AbstractWe present our experience in intraoperative wake-up test in a deaf-mute feminine teenager who underwent spine surgery for correction of lordoscoliosis. Inadequate comprehension of the preoperative instructions, together with higher threshold of arousal in deaf-mutism may possibly contribute to lingering of the test. The report implicated direct, painful stimulation of the tested limbs, rather than indirect cues, such as flap on the dorsum of hands would be required for performance of wake-up test in the deaf-mute patients.Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists, Publised by Elsevier Taiwan LLC, All rights reserved.

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