Awake Open Atypical Gastric Resection under Combined Lumbar Spinal Anesthesia and Thoracic Epidural Neuroaxial Block in a High-Risk Patient
Journal: Global Journal of Anesthesiology (Vol.4, No. 2)Publication Date: 2017-04-21
Authors : Manuel Wenk Christina Massoth Daniel Pöpping; Michael Möllmann;
Page : 013-015
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Abstract
Modern day general anesthesia has a convincing safety record in any age group presenting with or without severe co-morbidities, hence allowing surgeons to introduce a broad range of patients to surgical procedures. However, sometimes patients present with the most signifi cant co-morbidities and organ function impairment where then general anesthesia becomes a major risk in itself. Awake surgery under regional/neuroaxial anesthesia is a possible alternative in chosen cases and has been described in cardiac and lower abdominal surgery.
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