Title: Response to the letter to the editor of P. Mahapatra
Abstract: We thank the colleagues for their additions to our article. Intentionally, in the discussions section we focused on those parameters that have been measured in the study [1]. Indeed, wide-awake surgery has several interesting aspects. The term “wide-awake” implies the absence of a premedication. This absolves the surgeon from his responsibility for the patient after his discharge after the operation. And it allows the patient to be discharged directly post-op instead of waiting for the anesthesia fading away. The latter was a main factor in the patients’ satisfaction when we asked those, who experienced both, axillary plexus anesthesia and local anesthetics, which type of anesthesia they prefer. However, the patients’ satisfaction was not explicitly measured in our study. Hereof, we refer to the article of Koegst et al. of the year 2011 in this journal. Beside a higher level of patients’ satisfaction, the early discharge opens new resources for new patients in the recovery area. And, new resources arise, since there is no need for an anesthesia team, while wide-awake surgery is performed.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-02-26
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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