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Revista Cubana de Anestesiología y Reanimación
versión On-line ISSN 1726-6718
Resumen
CATALA RIPOLL, José Vicente; DE LOS LLANOS SANCHEZ LOPEZ, María; RODILLA FIZ, Ana y CUESTA MONTERO, Pablo. Mental nerve block for brachytherapy of lip carcinoma. Rev cuba anestesiol reanim [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.2 Epub 20-Mayo-2020. ISSN 1726-6718.
Introduction:
Lip cancer is the most frequent tumor of the oral cavity that affects, above all, the lower lip. Brachytherapy is a unique treatment which is effective in early stages and, as adjuvant therapy to surgery, it is also effective in advanced stages. This technique is a painful process, a reason why deep sedation, intramuscular infiltrations of local anesthetic, and regional anesthesia techniques, among others, have been used.
Objective:
To present a different and scarcely described anesthetic technique as an alternative to reduce the pain of this intervention.
Case presentation:
Patient with lip carcinoma scheduled for brachytherapy. Bilateral mental nerve block is performed in the lower lip.
Conclusions:
This type of block, due to its simplicity and effectiveness, is a useful alternative to deep sedation for brachytherapy in the lower lip.
Palabras clave : lip cancer; lip brachytherapy; mental nerve block.