[Choosing the method of anesthesia in aortofemoral shunting]

The influence of 4 kinds of anesthesia (neuroleptanalgesia, peridural anesthesia by trimecaine hydrochloride, peridural morphine analgesia, fluoroxene anesthesia) upon the process of reestablishment of blood circulation in lower extremities and possibilities of using a rheographic method for the intraoperative assessment of the efficiency of the aorto-femoral shunting were studied in 112 patients with the help of rheography of the shin and great toes. The authors recognize that trimecaine hydrochloride anesthesia and peridural sympathetic block allow with the help of rheography to timely detect an inadequacy of the aorto-iliac reconstruction in 9 cases.