A total of 496 cases of infant surgery which were performed at Yonsei Medical Center from 1961 to 1970 were analyzed statistically according to sex, age, disease, anesthetic technique, anesthetics, post-op. complications, and mortality. These infants were all inpatients and were operated on under general anesthesia. The results were as follows: 1. Sex; 374 males far exceeded 122 females. 2. Age; 52.5% were in the 1~6 month age group. 3. Disease; Most common diseases in order were cleft lip (113 cases) intussusception (63 cases) and inguinal hernia (41 cases). 4. Anesthetic technique; Most cases used endotracheal intubation and non-rebreathing technique. 5. Anesthetics; Diethyl ether was mainly used (69.2%). 6. Complications; In 34 cases (6.85%) surgical and anesthetic complications occurred. 7. Mortality; 31 infants, 6.25% of the total cases, died during the operative and post-operative periods. 17 of these were 0~7 days old.
Anesthesia* ; Anesthesia, General ; Anesthetics ; Cleft Lip ; Ether ; Female ; Hernia, Inguinal ; Humans ; Infant* ; Inpatients ; Intubation, Intratracheal ; Intussusception ; Male ; Mortality

Postoperative total blindness was seen in a 48 year old male who had a laparotomy for traumatic perforation of intestine. General inhalation anesthesia of ether-oxygen-mask with semiclosed system was applied after initial ketamine administration. This unhappy ocular complication could be occur secondary to excessive prolonged external compression to eyeballs with mask or/and prolonged postoperative hypotension.
Anesthesia, General* ; Anesthesia, Inhalation ; Blindness* ; Humans ; Hypotension ; Intestines ; Ketamine ; Laparotomy ; Male ; Masks

A statistical analysis was made of the fetal effects of anesthesia for 910 Cesarean sections, performed from Jan. 1972 to Aug. 1977 in Han Kang Sung Shim Hospital, Seoul, Korea. The results were as follows; 1) The incidence of Cesarean section was 14.4% of total deliveries. 2) More than three fourths of total cases were emergency cases. 3) Almost all cases were operated under general anesthesia. 4) The good physical state of patients resulted in a better Apgar score of infants. 5) The shorter the interval from induction of anesthesia to delivery, the better was the Apgar score of infants.
Anesthesia* ; Anesthesia, General ; Apgar Score ; Cesarean Section* ; Clinical Study* ; Emergencies ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Korea ; Pregnancy ; Seoul

In the past 10 years, modern technology has made deep seated obscure lesions visible. With development of computer technology and various stereotaxic techniques, many new procedures, refinement of old procedures, and development of new applications are possible. The authors are intended to provide a detailed description of our experience with the Brown-Roberts-Wells (BRW) stereotactic system in the evaluation and management of 90 patients with intracranial lesions, and to provide cases presentation of various inaccessible intracranial lesions.
Humans ; Stereotaxic Techniques

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Thoracic Surgery*