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Finger injury resulting from pulse oximeter probe during orthognathic surgery
P D Chemello1, S R Nelson, L M Wolford
1Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Pulse oximetry is a useful technique for perioperative monitoring of the surgical patient. The use of the finger clamp design of oximeter probes may cause finger injury in lengthy surgical procedures. A case is presented and discussed with respect to an ischemic finger injury created by an oximeter probe during a hypotensive anesthetic technique. Avoidance of this type of problem includes proper placement of the probe on the finger and changing the probe to a different finger every 3 to 4 hours.