DENTAL CARE FOR HANDICAPPED PATIENTS AT DAY SURGERY CENTER:A CASE REPORT

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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 1998;25(3):506-512.
Published online August 31, 1998.

DENTAL CARE FOR HANDICAPPED PATIENTS AT DAY SURGERY CENTER:A CASE REPORT

통원수술센터를 이용한 장애아동의 치과치료에 대한 증례보고

최영심, 심연수, 선예경

삼성의료원 치과진료부 소아치과

Abstract

The dentists often encouter a child who can not be treated with traditional behavior management technique. Mentally or physically handicapped child could receive proper dental care under general anesthesia. General anesthesia for dental care can be done in an outpatient surgery or inpatient surgery depending on the patient. In outpatient surgery, the patient is admitted and discharged the same day. Postoperative care and discharge procedure are abbreviated. Advantages of outpatient surgery are much less emotional disturbance of patients, reduced risk of nosocomial infection and less cost of treatment. A case of a physically handicapped patient treated under general anesthesia at Day Surgery Center is presented and the procedure and patient selection of outpatient surgery as well as its limitation is reviewed in this paper.

Key Words: handicapped patient, general anesthesia, outpatient surgery