An outline of the patients and their preoperative data, preoperative complications, and surgical procedure are given in Table 1. The EMG input and impedance were significantly higher in the IVS group (EMG, 40.3 ± 8.8 dB; impedance, 8032 ± 1237ft; n = 7) than the GA group (EMG, 31.5 ± 9.5 dB; impedance, 4021 ± [...]

The benefits of bispectral index monitoring include improvement in regulation of anesthesia and reduction of anesthetic dose. We have described the usefulness of bispectral index monitoring in oral surgery under general anesthesia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the benefits of bispectral index monitoring for intravenous sedation during dental treatment. Since the [...]

We randomly recruited 14 patients of American Society of Anesthesiologists’ classification I and II about to undergo oral surgery or dental treatment requiring less than 5 hours under general anesthesia (GA group, n = 7) or intravenous sedation (IVS group, n = 7) at the Nihon University School of Dentistry Hospital in Japan. Approval was [...]

The benefits of bispectral index monitoring include improvement in regulation of anesthesia and reduction in anesthetic dose. We previously described the usefulness of bispectral index monitoring in oral surgery with the patients under general anesthesia. Our previous studies showed that the percentage of good electroencephalograms (EEGs) in oral surgery with patients under general anesthesia with [...]