[Conduction analgesic techniques and a problem in safe anesthesia].
The authors analyze mortality rates during 338,000 anesthetic procedures. Mortality was 0.02%. Epidural, spinal, and plexus anesthesias were 15% of the total number of anesthetic procedures. In this group, mortality was twice less [0.01% (6 patients)] than that under general anesthesia. Under regional anesthesia, all deaths were associated with the induction of epidural anesthesia. A human factor is of profound importance for fatal cases under regional anesthesia. Regional anesthetic techniques are safer than general anesthetic ones.
Mikhaĭlovichev
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Churliaev
Iu A
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Sokolovskiĭ
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Martynenkov
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VIa
D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012449:Safety; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative