• The American surgeon · Aug 1992

    Comparative Study

    The use of epidural anesthesia and analgesia in aortic surgery.

    • S Katz, P Reiten, and R Kohl.
    • Department of Surgery, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California.
    • Am Surg. 1992 Aug 1;58(8):470-3.

    AbstractDuring a 3-year period, sixty-four consecutive patients, who had elective aortic reconstruction were investigated to determine whether epidural anesthesia and analgesia, combined with light general anesthesia, would lower the rate of perioperative complications in this high-risk group of patients. The epidural group comprised 32 consecutive patients who had surgery during the 20-month period from July 1986 to December 1987. These patients were compared with the previous 32 patients who had aortic reconstruction at Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, CA) using conventional general anesthetic techniques. Cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity, length of hospital stay, length of intensive care unit stay, and duration of endotracheal intubation were compared. There was no statistically significant difference in cardiovascular morbidity, length of hospital stay, or intensive care unit stay between the two groups. There was however, a striking decrease in respiratory complications and length of intubation in the epidural anesthesia group (P less than 0.005). The authors conclude that epidural anesthesia and analgesia, combined with a light general anesthetic may confer benefits over conventional general anesthesia in patients undergoing aortic surgery.

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