[General anesthesia during surgery of breast cancer]

In 1982-1989 intravenous anesthesia was performed to 1160 patients operated on for breast cancer. Intravenous analgesia has a number of advantages over endotracheal anesthesia. The analgesic techniques have been compared. Absence of complications in the operative and postoperative periods, prompt recovery of the patients' physical and psychic activity following intravenous anesthesia make it a method of choice for surgical treatment of cancer patients who require no myorelaxation.