Open AccessSuper obese 33-week parturient undergoing an urgent laparoscopic bowel resection: A case report and review of anesthetic implications
Author(s) -
Yury Khelemsky,
Danielle M Gluck
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critical care/journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critial care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-9539
pISSN - 2249-4472
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4472.93994
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , anesthetic , pregnancy , surgery , bowel resection , general surgery , population , obstetrics , genetics , environmental health , biology
Approximately two percent of women undergo non-obstetric surgery during their pregnancies. The following case report describes the anesthetic management of a super obese parturient in her third trimester of pregnancy undergoing urgent laparoscopic (converted to open) bowel resection. Such a case, which has not been previously reported, has multiple clinical implications for both mother and fetus and was further complicated by super obesity (BMI>50) and laparoscopy. The anesthetic implications for this patient population are reviewed