[Morphine and benzodiazepine derivatives in cerebral angiographies]

This is a report on thirty-two patients undergoing cerebral angiography, performed under combined local analgesia in conjunction with morphine and benzodiazepine derivatives. Emphasis is laid on the lack of serious life-endangering complications. The risks of general anesthesia are avoided, and the patient's psyche is conserved. Investigations are performed during both planned and emergency angiographies. A pregnant female patient is also examined by the method described. There are no complications worth noting. The method is proposed as a procedure intermediate between general anesthesia and local analgesia.