Open AccessSpinal anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Thoracic vs. Lumbar Technique
Author(s) -
Luiz Eduardo Imbelloni
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.140853
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , lidocaine , fentanyl , lumbar , spinal anesthesia , analysis of variance , pneumoperitoneum , bupivacaine , exact test , mann–whitney u test , surgery , cholecystectomy , prospective cohort study , laparoscopy
In our group, after a study showing that spinal anesthesia is safe when compared with general anesthesia, spinal anesthesia has been the technique of choice for this procedure. This is a prospective study with all patients undergoing LC under spinal anesthesia in our department since 2007.