Background Laparoscopy may prove feasible to address surgical needs in limited-resource
settings. However, no aggregate data exist regarding the role of laparoscopy in low-and …

Surgical management of diseases is recognised as a major unmet need in low and middle-
income countries (LMICs). Laparoscopic surgery has been present since the 1980s and …

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcome of day-case
laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DCLC) performed with the patient under spinal anesthesia …

Background Pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) can cause
hypercapnia, hypoxemia, hemodynamic changes and shoulder pain. General anesthesia …

AIMS: Study aimed to evaluate efficacy, safety and cost benefit of conducting laparoscopic
cholecystectomy under spinal anaesthesia (SA) in comparison to general anaesthesia (GA) …

Abstract Background Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) is conventionally performed
under general anaesthesia (GA), but there are multiple studies which have found spinal …

Purpose Several studies have applied lumbar spinal anesthesia (SA) with
isobaric/hyperbaric bupivacaine and opioids in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) …

Background. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is usually carried out under general anesthesia.
There were a few studies which have found spinal anesthesia as a safe alternative. We …

Background Postoperative pain management following laparoscopic, non-oncological
visceral surgery in adults is challenging. Regional anaesthesia could be a promising …

Methods The prospective, double-blinded study, done between March and December 2009,
at Central Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey, involved 60 patients …