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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 10, 390-394, Copyright © 1963 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Trichlorethylene Anaesthesia for Experimental Surgery with Cats

F.R. C. JOHNSTONE M.B., M.SC., F.R.C.S.(ED.), F.A.C.S.1, H. H. MACARTNEY M.B., F.R.C.P.(C)2, and G. W. JACKSON 3

1 Associate Professor (Surgery)
2 Clinical Assistant Professor (Anaesthesiology)
3 Medical Student

Trichlorethylene (Trilene®) proved to be the most satisfactory agent for anaesthesia in experimental surgery with cats. It is non-explosive and provides rapid induction and recovery, good levels of anaesthesia, a wide margin of safety, low mortality, and a low post-operative complication rate. It is cheap, and can be administered with simple equipment. The technique is described. Halothane was unsuitable because of its high cost, and low margin of safety without a special vaporizer. Pentobarbital was unsatisfactory because of a high mortality and inadequate anaesthesia for the extensive experimental surgery performed in these animals.

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From the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, British Columbia. This work was supported by Grant MA 793 of the Medical Research Coiuncil of Canada.






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