[Anaesthetic methods for surgery of cerebral aneurysms (author's transl)]

The anaesthetist giving anaesthesia for the surgical removal of cerebral aneurysms faces a great variety of tasks. Experience gained in the course of 61 such operations has shown that a combination of controlled hypotension, careful monitoring of the function of the autonomic nervous system and a meticulous surgical technique with the aid of a microscope produces satisfactory results.