Re: Re: tendon release surgery?--veering OT

[Guest guest]

This makes me curious. Does Dr Dobbs then prefer to do the tenotomy under local

anesthesia? , you say that it is a hospital-wide policy at Children's to

do procedures under general. However, I assume that at Shriner's, Dr Dobbs has

the choice between general and local (they have ORs there and perform surgeries

regularly). Perhaps it is a question of it being so much quicker under local?

Not a very important question, just struck me as interesting.

Naomi

The Family

Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, corrected bilateral clubfoot, FAB

14/7)

marci21175 wrote:

We see Dr.Dobbs at the Shriner's Hospital and were told that he does

the tenotomies under local anesthesia. Mollie is three months old

today and is in her second set of casts from Dr.Dobbs (3rd week

though because he wasn't in this week). I'm not looking forward to

it, but I can't wait to get done with all these casts so Mollie can

have a real bath again!!

Marci

Mollie 5-25-05

bcf

> Dr. Dobbs does most of his patients tenotomies under general

> anesthesia because he works at Children's Hospital. I think it is a

> policy of the hospital that pretty much any procedure be done this

> way; the philosophy is that part of their reputation is about

> providing superior service and no pain for children. It was a

little

> scary when I let myself think about my baby (6 weeks old) being put

to

> sleep w/ Anesthesia. But that's what these people do - it's their

> specialty, Pediatric Anesthesiologists have LOTS of specialized

> training so they know how much anesthesia to give to a baby and when

> to stop giving them anesthesia so they wake up at just the right

time

> and feel as little pain as possible (preferrably none). Sammy was a

> real champ though, he did not complain about the not eating thing --

> he was really just paying attention to what was going on around him,

> and the whole thing was over so quickly, maybe 25 minutes from the

> time they took him to the time they came to get me. They let me

nurse

> him in recovery and then he fell asleep. He dozed off and on for

> about an hour and nursed again and they sent us home. It was really

> much more of a big deal in my own mind before hand than what it

turned

> out to be. Hope this helps!

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

This makes me curious. Does Dr Dobbs then prefer to do the tenotomy under local

anesthesia? , you say that it is a hospital-wide policy at Children's to

do procedures under general. However, I assume that at Shriner's, Dr Dobbs has

the choice between general and local (they have ORs there and perform surgeries

regularly). Perhaps it is a question of it being so much quicker under local?

Not a very important question, just struck me as interesting.

Naomi

The Family

Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, corrected bilateral clubfoot, FAB

14/7)

marci21175 wrote:

We see Dr.Dobbs at the Shriner's Hospital and were told that he does

the tenotomies under local anesthesia. Mollie is three months old

today and is in her second set of casts from Dr.Dobbs (3rd week

though because he wasn't in this week). I'm not looking forward to

it, but I can't wait to get done with all these casts so Mollie can

have a real bath again!!

Marci

Mollie 5-25-05

bcf

> Dr. Dobbs does most of his patients tenotomies under general

> anesthesia because he works at Children's Hospital. I think it is a

> policy of the hospital that pretty much any procedure be done this

> way; the philosophy is that part of their reputation is about

> providing superior service and no pain for children. It was a

little

> scary when I let myself think about my baby (6 weeks old) being put

to

> sleep w/ Anesthesia. But that's what these people do - it's their

> specialty, Pediatric Anesthesiologists have LOTS of specialized

> training so they know how much anesthesia to give to a baby and when

> to stop giving them anesthesia so they wake up at just the right

time

> and feel as little pain as possible (preferrably none). Sammy was a

> real champ though, he did not complain about the not eating thing --

> he was really just paying attention to what was going on around him,

> and the whole thing was over so quickly, maybe 25 minutes from the

> time they took him to the time they came to get me. They let me

nurse

> him in recovery and then he fell asleep. He dozed off and on for

> about an hour and nursed again and they sent us home. It was really

> much more of a big deal in my own mind before hand than what it

turned

> out to be. Hope this helps!

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

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