Cahiers d'anesthésiologie
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Dec 1984
[Axillary block of the brachial plexus and flunitrazepam premedication in surgery of the upper limb (study of 1,500 cases)].
The authors report their experience of regional block using anaesthesia of the brachial plexus by the axillary approach. 1 500 axillary blocks have been done since 1976. They perfect their technology and report their results. Because of the innocuity of regional block and its simplicity, they use it in seventy per cent of superior limb acute or regular surgery.
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Cahiers d'anesthésiologie · Dec 1984
[Prevention of early respiratory complications in esophageal surgery by ventilation of the independent lungs].
Independent lung controlled ventilation by a double lumen tube has a beneficial effect in oesophagus surgery. Use of a tidal volume and an end-expiratory pressure different for each lung produces a drastic reduction of chest-X-ray abnormalities. ⋯ Independent lung ventilation decreases early pulmonary complications in dependent regions of the lungs, and late pulmonary complications in non dependent regions. This form of mechanical ventilation is performed with a "prototype" ventilator of small size, which permits synchronized or independent ventilation of the lungs.