[Cold-induced anesthesia under a tourniquet during amputation of the lower limbs in old patients].
The technic of cold anesthesia under a tourniquet is described, and an analysis of 26 operated patients is given. The anesthesia was always a success. A complication was observed in one case (after inadequate application of a tourniquet chill and tachycardia were noted). A conclusion is made on certain advantages of cold anesthesia under a tourniquet in high amputation of the lower extremities in patients with manifest senile changes in the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014111:Tourniquets
Kholodovaia anesteziia pod zhgutom pri amputatsiiakh nizhnikh konechnosteĭ u bol'nykh pozhilogo vozrasta