Safe Anesthesia for Minor Surgical Procedures without Venous Cannulation in Healthy Children-864 Cases

Abstract

Results: 864 patients were included in this study over a period of 6 years. Out of the 864 cases, only 61 patients required rescue and/or elective IV placement (7.06%) and significantly, 803 cases (92.94%) were performed safely without IV access. In 132 (15%) of the 864 cases, anesthetics were administered with a laryngeal mask airway (LMA), out of which a large proportion of cases 103 (78%) did not have IV access. Among the total number of patients only 9 developed transient desaturation and 2 developed laryngospasm. Out of the 9 transient desaturation patients 5 required rescue LMA in an attempt to manage airway. There were only 11 complications (1.27%) among 864 cases, all of which were resolved safely. There were no incidence of deaths or prolong admissions for complications.