Emergence agitation following general anaesthesia may lead to serious complications like self-extubation or removal of catheters, which can lead to hypoxia, aspiration pneumonia, bleeding or reoperation. Nose surgery is associated with a higher incidence of emergence agitation. The investigators planned to evaluate the efficacy of external nasal nerve block in prevention of postoperative agitation following external nasal surgeries under general anesthesia(GA).
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postoperative agitation
Timeframe: Emergence is defined as the time interval from discontinuation of anesthesia to 5 min after extubation.
Quality of recovery
Timeframe: 24 hours postoperative