Abdominoplasty under Spinal Anesthesia: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Abdominoplasty is a very common surgery nowadays and mainly performed as an office-based procedure. Spinal anesthesia is assumed to be safer than general anesthesia in such operations. The aim of this study is to compare between spinal and general anesthesia for abdominoplasty.

Patients and methods

Two hundred patients undergoing abdominoplasty, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classes I and II, were enrolled in this randomized prospective study. One hundred patients were operated upon under general anesthesia (Group G) and another one hundred patients under spinal anesthesia (Group S). Any intraoperative complications such as hypotension, bradycardia, pain, shivering, nausea, and vomiting related to anesthesia were managed and recorded. Visua

SUBMITTER: Metry AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545934 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature