Preoperative preparation of patients with critical lower limb ischemia and pronounced painful syndrome
Kazakov, I.I.; Belov, I.V.; Khatyov, M.G.; Sitkin, S.I.
Angiologiia i Sosudistaia Khirurgiia 10(4): 73-77
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1027-6661 PMID: 15627140 Document Number: 567880
Presented herein are the data on the condition of central and cerebral hemodynamics in 98 patients with chronic stage III-IV lower limb ischemia and coexistent CAD as dependent, on the severity of painful syndrome as well as on the necessity of preparing patients at a high surgical risk for reconstructions under prolonged epidural anesthesia. The prognostically dangerous changes in central and cerebral hemodynamics were revealed in persons with severe painful syndrome. In 87% of patients, circulation was hypokinetic. Twenty-six patients with unremovable pain and severe coexistent diseases underwent, as preoperative preparation, prolonged epidural anesthesia. It has been proven that prolonged epidural anesthesia allows to reach not only a good analgetic effect but also to refine the indicators of central and cerebral hemodynamics whereby preventing intra- and postoperative ischemic events.