[Methodological variants of neuroleptanalgesia (author's transl)]

A survey is presented of the variations of neuroleptanalgesia. Modification of the injection technique, the hypnotic, the analgesic or the neuroleptic partial effect of the drug combinations produces four variations. The principles of the classical type of neuroleptanalgesia, namely the ability to selectively influence the single components of anaesthesia and the predominant use of a strong analgesic must remain unaltered in the definition of a variant. The use of clear nomenclature is used in an attempt to overcome the confusion which still exists in this field.