[A technic of analgesic anesthesia as brief anesthesia]

An original technique of analgesic anaesthesia, with the characteristics of brief and out-clinic anaesthesia, has been experimented in a group of patients undergoing light surgery (eye surgery). The technique employs an association of an analgesic--Fentanil--a low dose hypnotic and marked hyperventilation. Recovery characteristics have been assessed by studying neuromuscular and psychoaptitudinal recovery times (Romberg negativisation). The results show that this technique may be worthily included among the best techniques of brief anaesthesia.