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Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Under Regional Anesthesia
- Source :
- Obstetrics & Gynecology. 131:1008-1010
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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Abstract
- Laparoscopic hysterectomies comprise a large proportion of all hysterectomies in the United States. Procedures completed under regional anesthesia pose a number of benefits to patients, but laparoscopic hysterectomies traditionally have been performed under general anesthesia. We describe a case of total laparoscopic hysterectomy under epidural anesthesia with the patient fully awake.A 51-year-old woman with abnormal uterine bleeding underwent an uncomplicated total laparoscopic hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, and excision of endometriosis. The procedure was completed under epidural anesthesia without intravenous sedation or systemic narcotics. Pneumoperitoneum with a pressure of 12 mm Hg and Trendelenburg to 15° allowed for adequate visualization. Anesthesia was achieved with midthoracic and low lumbar epidural catheters. Bilevel positive airway pressure was used for augmentation of respiratory function.With a committed patient, adequate planning, and knowledge of the potential intraoperative complications, regional anesthesia is an option for select women undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy.
- Subjects :
- Anesthesia, Epidural
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Total laparoscopic hysterectomy
Hysterectomy
Head-Down Tilt
Salpingectomy
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0302 clinical medicine
Shoulder Pain
030202 anesthesiology
medicine
Humans
Intraoperative Complications
Laparoscopy
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
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General surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Middle Aged
Regional anesthesia
Female
Uterine Hemorrhage
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- ISSN :
- 00297844
- Volume :
- 131
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....842fc9974d1beb397b4a2db7264fa517