[Comparative assessment of various general anesthesia methods during reconstructive operations on the carotid arteries].

Total intravenous anesthesia with diprivan and inhaled sevoflurane was assessed in 130 patients undergoing carotid endartectomy. The parameters of hemodynamics and cerebral circulation and the markers of brain lesion were studied. Sevoflurane anesthesia was shown to induce less depression of hemodynamic parameters and to maintain the more optimal level of cerebral circulation, limiting brain ischemic and reperfusion lesions and causing a fewer number of postoperative complications.