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Locoregional Anaesthesia During Pregnancy and the Post-partum Period

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Regional anaesthesia minimises the exposure of the foetus to potentially teratogenic drugs by preventing polypharmacy. It also helps to avoid the risk of potentially failed intubation and provides excellent postoperative analgesia. In this section, an overview of regional anaesthesia techniques for nerve blocks of the head and neck and the relevant anatomy is presented.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Research and Training Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Health Sciences University, Bursa, Turkey

    Hande Gurbuz

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Kocaeli University, İzmit, Turkey

    Hande Gurbuz

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Erol Olçok Research and Training Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey

    Hulya Topcu

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Research and Training Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Health Sciences University, İstanbul, Turkey

    K. Tolga Saracoglu

  5. Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, Bodensee Campus Medicine, Klinikum Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Volker Wenzel

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  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Derince Training and Research Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences University, Kocaeli, Turkey

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Gurbuz, H., Topcu, H., Saracoglu, K.T., Wenzel, V. (2022). Locoregional Anaesthesia During Pregnancy and the Post-partum Period. In: Cingi, C., Özel, H.E., Bayar Muluk, N. (eds) ENT Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment during Pregnancy and Lactation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05303-0_13

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