Vestnik khirurgii imeni I. I. Grekova
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Vestn. Khir. Im. I. I. Grek. · Dec 1988
Case Reports[Epidural-sacral anesthesia in radical surgical treatment of acute paraproctitis].
The epidural-sacral anesthesia was used in 242 patients operated upon for different forms of acute paraproctitis. No complications resulting from the anesthesia were noted. The incidence of failures in performing epidural-sacral anesthesia was 3.6%. The epidural-sacral anesthesia has advantages over other kinds of anesthesia, is safe and not technically difficult and practically has no contraindications.