One hundred patients were given total spinal anaesthesia for major intra-abdominal surgery. Operating conditions were excellent, superior to that provided by relaxant general anaesthesia and free from hiccough and other reflex phenomena. However, the technique developed in this study provided anaesthesia which is too inflexible for widespread acceptance at present.
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