A 39-year-old male with a BMI of 30.8 kg/m and a normal medical history underwent excision of a left orbito-cavernal hemangioma (4 × 2 × 2 cm) under general anesthesia. Balanced anesthesia and fluid management guided by pulse pressure variation (kept below 12%) were employed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Various ultrasound (US)-guided probe positioning and needle procedures have been described in the literature for cannulation of the internal jugular vein (IJV). In the present study, we compared the conventional short-axis out-of-plane (SAX-OOP) method with a novel anteroposterior short-axis in-plane (APSAX-IP) technique for IJV cannulation under US guidance. The APSAX-IP method of IJV cannulation has not been compared to other IJV cannulation techniques.
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