Abdominal Surgery Under Electroanaesthesia
D. H. Reigel, S. J. Larson, A. Sances, Jr., N. Christman, D. Dallmann, E. O. Henschel · 1969
The physiological data and surgical observations suggest that electroanesthesia is safe and effective in monkeys.
Plain English Summary
Major abdominal surgery was performed under electroanesthesia in ten unintubated stump-tail macaque monkeys, with excellent muscle relaxation and complete analgesia at optimal current levels. Simultaneous monitoring of cardiovascular and respiratory systems showed no significant change. Respiratory rate became regular but about 10% slower at full current while minute volume, arterial pH, and blood gas tensions remained unchanged, and only slight blood pressure changes occurred with normal central venous pressure and no extra ECG dispersion.
Why This Matters
Electroanesthesia was produced by rectangular currents of 7.0 ma and 2.5 msec duration biased 7.0 ma above zero applied between inion and nasion at a rate of 70 to 100 Hz. When analgesia, relaxation, and immobilization had been achieved, the laparotomy was done, the abdomen explored, and gastrostomy performed.
Finding
The physiological data and surgical observations suggest that electroanesthesia is safe and effective in monkeys.
In their words
“The physiological data and surgical observations suggest that electroanesthesia is safe and effective in monkeys.”
Show BibTeX
@article{abdominal_surgery_under_electroanaesthesia_g5769,
author = {D. H. Reigel and S. J. Larson and A. Sances and Jr. and N. Christman and D. Dallmann and E. O. Henschel},
title = {Abdominal Surgery Under Electroanaesthesia},
year = {1969},
}