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LOCAL ANESTHESIA FOR GASTRIC SURGERY IN AGED PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Murphy John W.,
Riu Ramon,
Ponka Joseph L.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb01276.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrostomy , surgery , jejunostomy , local anesthesia , general surgery , anesthesia , parenteral nutrition
A bstract Case reports are presented on 3 surgical‐emergency patients (age range, 79–81 years) in whom the risk of general anesthesia was considered excessive. Local anesthesia was used in the performance of a gastric resection, gastro‐jejunostomy and tube‐gastrostomy respectively. Each patient made a good recovery after operation. Surgeons and other physicians dealing with the elderly should not forget local anethesia when considering major surgical procedures in certain seriously ill aged patients.