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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2017

Remifentanil Reduces Blood Loss During Orthognathic Surgery

PhD, DDS,
DDS,
PhD, DDS, and
PhD, DDS
Page Range: 3 – 7
DOI: 10.2344/anpr-63-03-04
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Remifentanil is reported to reduce oral tissue blood flow. We performed a retrospective investigation using logistic regression analysis of anesthesia records to investigate whether the use of remifentanil infusion in a balanced anesthesia technique was useful as a primary technique to reduce blood loss during orthognathic surgery. Subjects were 80 patients who underwent Le Fort I osteotomy and sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible. The variables included gender, age, weight, type of maintenance anesthetic, type and dose or infusion rate of opioid, mean systolic blood pressure (SBP-mean), coefficient of variation of systolic blood pressure (CVSBP) during surgery, mean heart rate (HR-mean), duration of surgery, total blood loss, volume of infusion used, amount of local anesthetic used, body temperature, and urine output. Gender, type of maintenance anesthetic, type of opioid, SBP-mean, CVSBP, HR-mean, and duration of surgery were used as candidates for independent variables. Logistic regression analysis was performed for the selected independent variables with the total blood loss as the dependent variable. The factors associated with the reduction of blood loss were the use of remifentanil (odds ratio, 3.112; 95% CI, 1.166–8.307; P = .023) and smaller CVSBP (odds ratio, 2.747; 95% CI, 1.07–7.053; P = .036). Use of remifentanil and smaller CVSBP were associated with a reduction of blood loss during orthognathic surgery.

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Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to: Dr Nobuyuki Matsuura, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Tokyo Dental College, 2-9-18, Misakicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 1010061, Japan; matsuura@tdc.ac.jp.
Received: Feb 04, 2016
Accepted: Apr 28, 2016