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.

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