2023 Volume 44 Issue 1 Pages 34-38
General anesthesia performed in Tsurumi University for the disabled has been based on perioperative management during hospitalization for three days, however, three years have passed since the outpatient general anesthesia system was started in December 2018. We conducted a statistical study on the patient background, treatment contents, method of general anesthesia, and complications in cases where outpatient general anesthesia was performed.
There were 73 cases of outpatient general anesthesia, 43 men and 30 women, of whom 39 were children or persons with disabilities. As for the contents of the procedure, wisdom tooth extraction was the most common；only 13 cases were for preservation and prosthetic treatment. The general anesthesia method is mainly inhalation of anesthetic with sevoflurane. No major complications or problems have occurred so far. By using outpatient general anesthesia rather than management during hospitalization for three days, the options for treatment methods of dentistry for the disabled may be expanded.
