METHOD FOR PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PANCREATITIS AND MANIFESTED PAIN SYNDROME Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61M19/00 A61K31/165 A61K31/167 A61K31/4468 A61P23/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, in particular to anesthesiology and intensive care, and may be used if preoperative preparation of the patients with chronic pancreatitis and manifested pain syndrome required. For this purpose, back skin of a sitting patient is treated within a puncture at the Th7-Th8 level. Then, an epidural space is punctured, and a puncture catheter needle is introduced therein, and the catheter is pushed forward in the cranial direction to a depth of 3 cm. The needle is removed, and the catheter is placed along the spine and is brought out to the subclavian region while strapped all over. Thereafter, a test dose of 2% lidocaine 3.0 ml is introduced. If observing no effects of spinal block, prolonged permanent introduction of 0.2% ropivacaine at rate 4-5 ml/hour 3 times a day. With underlying it, 30 minutes before a meal, fractional introduction of 0.75% ropivacaine 3.0 ml and 0.005% fentanyl 1.0 ml for 4-5 days is performed.

EFFECT: method provides the adequate preparation of the patients for pancreatic surgery due to pain relief that enables supplying proteins and eliminating hypovolemia, as well as due to improved pancreatic-duodenal microcirculation.

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