Spontaneous orbital hemorrhage during general anesthesia and arthroplasty.

A 72-year-old woman who had a history of arthritis and cerebral vascular accident 4 years earlier underwent hand surgery. Because regional anesthesia was not successful, general anesthesia was administered. Shortly before extubation, proptosis developed in her left eye, and she was unable to open it.

Postoperative sore throat: effect of oropharyngeal airway in orotracheally intubated patients.

The incidence of postoperative sore throat was evaluated prospectively in 203 orotracheally intubated patients undergoing general anesthesia for surgical procedures. Patients were randomly assigned to have either a plastic oropharyngeal airway or a gauze bite-block in place during the operation and were evaluated for the occurrence of postoperative sore throat by questionnaire the day after surgery. The incidence of postoperative sore throat was 35.