A case of general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia in a pregnant woman undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Kamitani, J.; Monobe, Y.; Fujii, H.; Oku, S.; Mikane, T.; Fukushima, T.; Shimoda, Y.; Ishii, F.; Tokioka, H.
Masui. Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology 55(4): 457-459
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4892 PMID: 16634551 Document Number: 603294
We report a case of general anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy at 12 weeks of gestation. A 20-year-old woman weighing 123 kg was admitted with epigastralgia. She was diagnosed as pregnancy of 6 weeks of gestation and acute cholecystitis. Percutaneous trans-gallbladder drainage was performed to delay operation until 12 weeks of gestation. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed uneventfully under general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia. There were no clinical signs of fetal distress during the perioperative period.