Anesthesia for Surgery in the Sitting Position : A Retrospective Analysis
山口医学 Volume 44 Issue 3
Page 155-160
published_at 1995-06
Title
山口大学医学部付属病院における坐位手術の麻酔
Anesthesia for Surgery in the Sitting Position : A Retrospective Analysis
Creators
Morimoto yasuhiro
Creators
Nagai Ikuo
Creators
Nakayama Hideto
Creators
Ito Makoto
Creators
Shinohara Kouichi
Creators
Oshita Syuzo
Creators
Sakabe Takefumi
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
坐位手術
麻酔管理
空気塞栓
Anesthesia for surgery in the sitting position in Yamaguchi University Hospital was investigated based on a retrospective analysis of anesthesia records during the period between 1971 and 1990. Eighty-eight patients were included for this analysis. Twelve patients underwent neurosurgical procedures, mainly for resection of brain tumor. Seventy six patients underwent orthopedic surgery, mostly for cervical spine surgery. As the intraoperative complications, hypotension occurred in 34 patients(39%). Air embolism, one of the gravest hazards in the sitting position, occurred in 8 patients(9%), and pneumocephalus occurred in 2 patients. One patient who exhibited air embolism during surgery continued to be unconscious postoperatively and eventually died. Recently, the frequency of the use of sitting position has been decreased mainly because of the danger of air embolism. In our hospital, no case has been done in sitting position since 1984. Most cases have now been done in other positions such as prone, park bench or corcorde position. Should sitting position be planned, sufficient discussion must be done between surgeons and anesthesiologists.
Languages
jpn
Resource Type
journal article
Publishers
山口大学医学会
Date Issued
1995-06
File Version
Not Applicable (or Unknown)
Access Rights
metadata only access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1731
[NCID]AN00243156
Schools
医学部