Technique of general anesthesia for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
This article reports a technique of general anesthesia for tonsillectomy, according to the method of Sluder-Ballanger. For induction of the anesthesia the children receive: ketamine (1 to 1.5 mg/kg), succinylcholine (1 mg/kg). They are intubated through the nose and then ventilated by a mixture of N2O and O2 (50% - 50%). For the intervention they are brought in sitting position. The authors discuss the advantages of this technique as much from the anesthetic as from the surgical point of view.
D000233:Adenoidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008722:Methods; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D010614:Pharynx / Q000187:drug effects; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000379:methods*
D007649:Ketamine; D013390:Succinylcholine