Open AccessIndications for hypothermia in surgical practice
Author(s) -
P. A. Troitsky
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90715
Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , surgery , resection , general surgery , anesthesia
Even N. I. Pirogov during the Crimean War used cooling in the treatment of many surgical diseases (wounds of the chest and skull, resection of the elbow joint, etc.). However, the development of hypothermia as a method of surgical practice began after the report of Smis and Fay (1941), who treated cancer patients with prolonged hypothermia. In two cases (out of 38) of inoperable cancer, cure was observed, in the rest of the patients the general condition improved.