ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the anesthetic methods and surgical procedures in the treatment of inpatients in N 2 People' s Hospital of Deyang after Wenchuan earthquake. Methods More than 900 patients were sorted for injury triage, among whom 83 patients received emergency surgery within 72 hours after earthquake, and 21 received surgery after 72 hours. After 10 days of the earthquake, the hospitalized patients needing further surgery have been transferred to hospitals in safe regions. Of all patients, 89 (85.58%) were with injuries of extremities, 11 (10.6%) with cerebral trauma, 3 with thoracic injury, and 1 (1.0%) with abdominal trauma. Perioperative noninvasive blood pressure, electrocardiogram, pulse and oxygen saturation were detected during the surgery. All patients were cured except that one patient with traumatic flail chest died 12 hours after the surgery. Results Of all patients undergone surgeries, 35 patients (33.7%) received combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSEA), 33 (31.7%) received nerve plexus block (NPB), 5 (4.8%) had CSEA plus NPB, 28 were under general anesthesia (GA) [17 (16.3%) were intubated and 11(10.6%) were non-intubated] and 3 (2.8%) received monitored anesthesia care (MAC). The average ratios of operation time to time for patients stayed in operation room were (51.29±12.38)% in GA group, (53.24±11.39)% in NPB group, (58.43±9.26)% in CSEA group and (77.15±9.27)% in CSEA plus NPB group. There was a significant difference between CSEA + NPB group and the other three groups (P<0.01), and there was no significant difference among GA group, NPB group and CSEA group (P > 0.05). Conclusions During the initial period of rescue, the most common type of injuries are fractures. CSEA plus NPB is encouraged to use as they have the advantages of shorter operation time, higher operation throughput, safety and faster convalescence of the victims.