METHOD FOR PROLONGED SUBPLEURAL ANESTHETIZATION Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61K31/245 A61P23/02 A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine, endoscopic surgery.

SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with treating traumas of organs of thoracic cavity. For this purpose, at the side of the lesion in V intercostal area along posterior axillary line one should apply a thoracoscope, then through jugular fossa at the root of a lung at the side of predominant lesion one should introduce a polyvinyl chloride catheter through which one should carry out a 2-h-long infusion of 0.25%-novocaine at the rate of 10 drops/min during the 1^st h. At the absence of Horner's syndrome at the side of the lesion 1 h after the onset of infusion it is necessary to increase the tempo of infusion up to 15 drops/min. At observing Horner's syndrome the tempo of infusion should be remained the same. Anesthetization should be repeated thrice for 5 d. The innovation enables to provide prolonged blockade of reflexogenous areas of mediastinum, regulate the volume of applied anesthetic depending upon the efficiency of observed analgesia and, also, decrease stress impact of curative procedures due to high accuracy of blockades without carrying out thoracotomy.

EFFECT: higher efficiency.

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