Intravenous anaesthetics for minor gynecological operations

Ten intravenous anaesthetic combination were used for anaesthesia in 470 women undergoing minor gynecological operations and examinations. Their effects on respiration, pulse rate, blood pressure as well as the incidence of complications and satisfaction of operating conditions were studied. Ketamine-diazepam combination was found most satisfactory and more superior to ketamine alone in operations of about 30 minutes duration. Thiopentone and althesin-preferably after diazepam - appeared to suit shorter operations, while propanidid may be useful only for very quick maneuvers. Pethidine-diazepam-promethazine mixture proved to be valuable for evacuations particularly in poor risk and non-prepared patients. Both hexobarbitone and buthalitone were found unsatisfactory.