PubMed · 81631
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M Sigiel, M C Laxenaire. 1978. [Bronchospasm during surgery].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/81631/
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Since 1986 250 patients have undergone selective posterior rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy at New York University Medical Center. Severe, perioperative complications were experienced by 15% of these patients and consisted of bronchospasm, aspiration pneumonia, urinary retention, ileus, sensory loss. Additionally, most of our patients had severe pain immediately after the surgery and nearly half had dysesthesias for up to 3 weeks. Long-term complications such as decreasing range of muscle movement and hip dislocation are now becoming apparent. This patient population must be viewed as having special risks attendant with surgery and particularly with selective posterior rhizotomy.
The anti-arrhythmic agent sotalol, a racemic mixture of d- and l-isomers, has inherent beta-adrenoceptor blocking activity due to the l-isomer form. For patients with contraindications to beta-adrenoreceptor blockade, dl-sotalol has potentially untoward effects that may limit its usefulness. The case of a man with resistant life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias who responded favorably to dl-sotalol, but developed worsening of underlying bronchospastic lung disease, is presented. A change in therapy to the d-isomer form of sotalol, d-sotalol, was effective in suppressing his ventricular arrhythmias without further aggravation of bronchospasm.