Related Experiment Videos
A case of sinus arrest caused by opening the mouth under general anesthesia
1Department of Dental Anesthesia, Niigata University Dental Hospital, Japan.
Anesthesia Progress
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We report a case in which transient sinus arrest was observed under general anesthesia. This was associated with opening the mouth and was thought to be caused by a trigeminovagal reflex. The reflex was interrupted by blocking bilaterally the third division of trigeminal nerve.