[Cerebral metabolism and the exchange of biogenic amines in the brain of patients under various types of anesthesia in the surgery of intracranial aneurysms].

During intracranial surgical interventions, the major tasks of an anesthetic procedure are to maintain cerebral perfusion, adequate oxygen delivery, and brain tissue metabolism at all surgical stages. The authors have compared cerebral metabolism and the exchange of biogenic amines that regulate cerebral oxygen consumption and cerebral blood flow, by using neuroleptic anesthesia and balanced anesthesia on the basis of enflurane during operations on intracranial vessels. There is evidence for the equal efficiency of both types of anesthesias and for a unidirectional impact on the body's neurohumoral systems.