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(Chest. 1952;22:466-477.)
© 1952 American College of Chest Physicians

Peridural Anesthesia, an Improved Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery from the Viewpoint of the Patient, Chest Surgeon and Physician

C. A. BRASHER M.D., F.C.C.P.1; W. W. BUCKINGHAM M.D., F.C.C.P.2; O. B. CRAWFORD M.D.3; POUL OTTOSEN M.D., F.C.C.P.4; and ALAN BAILEY M.D., F.C.C.P.5

1 Superintendent and Medical Director, Missouri State Sanatorium.
2 Chief of Surgery, Missouri State Sanatorium.
3 Consultant Anesthesiologist, Missouri State Sanatorium.
4 Resident Surgeon, Missouri State Sanatorium.
5 Assistant Resident Surgeon, Missouri State Sanatorium.

1) Peridural anesthesia has been used as the sole anesthetic agent in 1,018 consecutive major thoracic surgical procedures.

2) In 125 of the cases the contra-lateral lung was carrying some type of collapse therapy at the time of the second surgical procedure.

3) The ages of the patients operated ranged from nine to 65.

4) There were six children in this series, ages ranging from nine to 15. The surgical procedures were all resections.

5) Two deaths occurred which were thought to be associated with the anesthetic.

6) One per cent of the anesthetics were complete failures.

7) Four and two-tenths per cent of the anesthetics needed supplementary anesthesia.

8) The total incidence of spread was 1.4 per cent.






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