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Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
Print version ISSN 0120-3347
Abstract
JIMENEZ, Juan Carlos; CHICA, Juan and VARGAS, Daniel. Spinal anaesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2009, vol.37, n.2, pp.111-118. ISSN 0120-3347.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgical procedure which is usually performed under general anaesthesia, even though using a regional technique (epidural)1 and subarachnoid block2 leading to good results have also been described. General anaesthesia is very safe but has the disadvantage of incurring higher costs, lack of direct clinical interaction with patients, loss of compensatory mechanisms in the hypercapnia and increased complexity for postoperative pain management3. Using regional (spinal) anaesthesia has been sparingly mentioned regarding patients suffering from severe pulmonary pathology4. Preliminary results from patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy under spinal anaesthesia but who had no major medical condition have been published recently; it was reported that it is a successful and safe technique in healthy patients. It was thus decided to examine applying spinal anaesthesia during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and show the results.
Keywords : anesthesia spinal; cholecystectomy; laparoscopic.