Technique of general anesthesia for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

This article reports a technique of general anesthesia for tonsillectomy, according to the method of Sluder-Ballanger. For induction of the anesthesia the children receive: ketamine (1 to 1.5 mg/kg), succinylcholine (1 mg/kg). They are intubated through the nose and then ventilated by a mixture of N2O and O2 (50% - 50%). For the intervention they are brought in sitting position. The authors discuss the advantages of this technique as much from the anesthetic as from the surgical point of view.