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Outpatient Laparoscopy with Local Anesthesia
Author(s) -
Zevallos Hector,
Shah Yogendra,
Moody Laura
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00305.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , local anesthesia , outpatient procedure , outpatient clinic , surgery , general surgery , anesthesia
Since March 1974, laparoscopic sterilizations have been performed on patients under local anesthesia at The Hope Clinic for Women, an outpatient facility that is not based in a hospital. No major surgical complications have resulted from these procedures, and less than 1% of the patients experienced minor complications. Neither general anesthesia nor hospitalization has been necessary for any of the women sterilized. The results of this study show that outpatient laparoscopy, when performed by a highly skilled surgical team, is a safe procedure that does not present additional risks to the patient.