INTRAVENOUS SEDATION AT VICTORIAN ORAL & FACIAL SURGEONS.
IV Sedation, or Conscious Sedation, are terms used to describe the administration of medicines to reduce anxiety and awareness and provide ideal conditions for your surgeon to perform surgery. IV sedation can offer significant time and cost savings when compared to traditional hospital procedures under general anaesthetic.
Many procedures can be performed under IV sedation including wisdom tooth removal, dental implants and bone grafting and our surgeons will assist you in deciding whether IV sedation is suitable for you.
THE VOFS APPROACH
At VOFS we consider ourselves to be at the cutting edge of IV sedation in Australia, having pioneered and published the results of Propofol infusion with Alfentanil and also Remifentanil (Intravenous Sedation Audit Publication). We use what is called TCI TIVA – Target Controlled Infusion Total Intravenous Anaesthesia – a method which delivers your anaesthetic agent via a “smart” infusion pump which is specifically programmed with you in mind, according to your height, weight, age, and gender.
Unlike other centres in Melbourne, our sedation anaesthesia technique only utilises ultra-short acting intravenous anaesthetic agents and never use anaesthetic gases, which have an unacceptably high incidence of nausea. Likewise, we do not use Valium like drugs (Benzodiazepines) due to their long-lasting effects and resultant sleepiness after the procedure. Additionally, with your safety in mind, you will receive minimal exposure to other drugs – we rarely administer intravenous antibiotics and the technique used eliminates the requirement to administer anti-nausea agents. Your surgeon will provide long-lasting post-operative pain relief via the administration of Local Anaesthetic to the surgical area.
YOUR SAFETY AND COMFORT WILL BE OUR PRIMARY CONCERN
We are able to provide a pleasant experience where there is very little, or even no memory of the procedure, and can ensure that you will be safely discharged from our clinic around 20 minutes after completion of your procedure.
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