Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Anesthetic Management for Awake Tubeless Suspension Microlaryngoscopy

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Objectives/Hypothesis

Patients' eligibility for bilateral selective laryngeal reinnervation surgery is evaluated by suspension microlaryngoscopy (SML) examination with laryngeal electromyography (LEMG). Maintaining spontaneous ventilation, with remifentanil sedation/analgesia without endotracheal tube, to allow the patient to phonate with the surgeon during awake, LEMG is a major challenge for the anesthesiologist and the otorhinololaryngologist. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel anesthesia protocol to manage airway access during awake tubeless SML.

Study Design

Retrospective study.

Methods

Anesthesia records of patients undergoing awake SML with LEMG were retrospectively analyzed. Procedures were performed with remifentanil sedation/analgesia with targeted controlled infusion (TCI) in combination with local anesthesia. The main outcome was the failure rate of the anesthesia protocol during the procedure. Secondary outcomes were as follows: rate of apnea requiring ventilation, airway bleeding, regurgitation, hemodynamic data as well as vasopressor use, complications, and surgeon satisfaction with the procedure.

Results

Data were obtained for 39 patients between November 2017 and September 2019, the mean age was 52 years and 29 (74%) were female. All procedures were completed without complications (0% [0–9]). Three patients (8% [1.6–20.8]) had an intraoperative episode of hypoxemia requiring mask reventilation. There was no airway bleeding, no regurgitation, and no hypotensive episode. Three patients (8% [1.6–20.8]) had noninvasive ventilation for respiratory distress after the end of the procedure.

Conclusions

Our results show that awake tubeless SML allowing phonation during LEMG can be realized under sedation and local anesthesia. However, further data are needed concerning the intraoperative and postoperative safety of the procedure.

Level of Evidence

4. Laryngoscope, 2021

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