[Hemipelvectomy and its anesthesiological management]

Based on the study of an operative course, anesthesia and immediate postoperative period in 63 patients subjected to hemipelvectomy, it is demonstrated that the danger of early complications in these cases, at present, is not great relatively, and such operations can and must be performed, if indicated. Moreover, hemipelvectomy produces a number of specific changes in the organism that should be taken into consideration in conduction of anesthesia and corrective therapy postoperatively. Ganglionary blockade seems to be an obligatory constituent of anesthesiological provision in hemipelvectomy.