Abstract

The laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedure is typically carried out undergeneral anesthesia, but regional techniques, such as low thoracic isobaric spinal anesthesia,have been used to manage patients with significant medical problem like coexisting systemicdisease, who are deemed to be high risk in general anesthesia. Segmental spinal anesthesia has great outcomes in terms of post-operative discomfort, the need for analgesics, relatively fewer complications, and shorter hospital stays. Thus the aim of this study to avoid and minimize the risk of general anesthesia who does not have any significant comorbidity. So it might be a substitute for a standard laparoscopic cholecystectom.

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