Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Abstract

Laparascopic Cholecystectomy under regional anesthesia alone has been reported only with severe chronic obstructive airway disease^1,2. In a randomised trial, epidural with general anesthesia have been found to be more effective in lessening postoperative pain compare with general anesthesia alone³. Regional anesthesia has been successfully used for laparascopic cholecystectomy in patient. Hamad and Ibrahim El-Khatter⁴ used spinal anesthesia for laparoscopic for the first time. We performing Laparascopic Cholecystectomy with carbondioxide pneumoperitoneum under spinal anesthesia alone of healthy patients with symptomatic gall stone disease⁵. We design a control randomized trial to compare spinal anesthesthesia with the Gold standard general anesthesia for elective Laparascopic Cholecystectomy in healty patients.

TAJ 2012; 25: 55-58