Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Under Epidural Anesthesia in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases

2020 Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology  
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become firmly established as a procedure of choice for gallstone disease. The procedure usually necessitates general anaesthesia and endotracheal intubation to prevent aspiration and respiratory embarrassment secondary to the induction of pneumoperitoneum. There is a paucity of data in the literature on the procedure being performed under regional (epidural) anaesthesia, especially in patients with coexisting pulmonary disease who are deemed high risk for general anaesthesia.
doi:10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.11965 fatcat:oqh3ckllvjbw7e46q5vnxmsioi