MORBIDITY OF DAY-CASE GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY: A comparison of thiopentone and Althesin
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- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 51 (5) , 453-455
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/51.5.453
Abstract
To compare two anaesthetic techniques, morbidity following day-case gynaecological surgery in 170 patients was assessed by means of a questionnaire at the time of leaving hospital. A further questionnaire sought information for the evening of the operation, and the 1st and 2nd days after operation. Ninety-four per cent of patients returned the latter questionnaire. There was a high frequency of morbidity extending into the 2nd day after operation. An anaesthetic technique using Althesin and nitrous oxide in oxygen offered no advantage over a technique with thiopentone and nitrous oxide in oxygen and halothane.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- DAY-CASE SURGERY FOR HERNIAS AND HÆMORRHOIDSThe Lancet, 1977