PMID: 1198835Oct 1, 1975Paper

Peridural anesthesia with neuroleptoanalgesia in operations for goiter

Vestnik khirurgii imeni I. I. Grekova
A Ia IvanovN A Efremova

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the use of peridural anesthesia (PA) in operations for struma in a considerable size and retrosternal localization of the latter, thyrotoxicosis, grave concomitant lesions. The authors have employed PA in 12 patients, in 2 of them in association with endotracheal narcosis, in 9 in combination with neuroleptoanalgesia (NLA), and in 1 postoperatively to liquidate successfully the laryngeal mucosa edema, developed following surgery for struma performed under endotracheal narcosis.

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