DR. MAN INTRODUCES BIS MONITORING ANESTHESIA FOR COSMETIC SURGERY PATIENTS

BOCA RATON, FL - Safety has no substitute. Before going into surgery, most patients usually ask two questions. They want to know will I be asleep during surgery and are you going to wake me up? Now, thanks to a re volutionary device that monitors brain wave activity during surgery, Dr. Daniel Man, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, and anesthesiologist Dr. Roger Gorman have an extra added margin of safety.

Angel On Our Shoulder
“BIS is a giant step forward in the quest for patient safety and comfort,” says Dr. Man, who introduced the device to monitor patients level of consciousness
during surgery.

It’s like having an angel on our shoulders, echos Dr. Gorman. They feel that BIS will provide a boon to surgeons and anesthesiologists everywhere.

Why Use BIS?
“Consciousness during surgery is just one issue that BIS monitoring helps us out. With BIS monitoring we know if patients are awake. BIS also helps patients recover quicker and better by helping us deliver just the right amount of anesthesia throughout their procedure,” explains Dr. Man.

According to Dr. Man, every patient is unique and requires a customized amount of anesthetic and sedative medication to ensure that they are unconscious and free of pain, yet able to wake-up quickly and experience minimal side-effects from anesthesia and sedation. Now we know just the amount of anesthesia to give and the right level for the type of procedure,” he says.

How Does BIS Work?
Patients are monitored through special sensors placed on their foreheads. These sensors record brain wave activity and translate the information into a number between 1 and 100 that represents each patients level of consciousness. Using this number as a guide, the surgeon and anesthesiologist can provide optimal anesthesia and sedation. BIS (Bispectral Index technology) is a product of Aspect Medical Systems, Newton, Massachesetts.