In this article 1250 cases of acupuncture anaesthesia for pulmoctomy in ourhospital since June 1960 to March 1987 were analysed

among them 57 caseswere failured

the rate of failure 4.56%

the causes of failured as following:3 cases unwilling for acupuncture anaesthesia during introduction period

11 caseshad severe pains at the procedure of cutting skin and muscle layers

4 casescan't cooserated because of four limbs acting in disorder after open chest cavity

19 cases hinder the operation going further because of mediastinum flutter heavy