New York—Local anesthesia and sedation with dexmedetomidine (Precedex, Hospira) is more efficient and better tolerated than general anesthesia when conducting stapes surgery, according to a new study.
“We’re talking about a very delicate microsurgery within the ear,” noted Lynnie Correll, MD, PhD, of the Anesthesiology Department of the University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, N.Y. Stapedotomy is a procedure in which a small fenestration is created in