Geriatric abdominal surgery under local anesthetic: a case report

Calhoon, E.L.

Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association 84(6): 261-262

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0030-1876
PMID: 1875276
Document Number: 380859
Abdominal surgery in a fragile elderly patient is often a dilemma, especially in the rural hospital setting where complex anesthesiology services are not available. We have done thyroidectomies and umbilical and inguinal hernias under local anesthesia, and report the following case where the technique was extended to a critically ill geriatric patient with a strangulated hernia.

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