A member asked:

Is it possible to use epidural anesthesia for laparoscopy rather than general anesthesia? how common and which is better if so?

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Dr. Herman Hammerstead answered

Specializes in Trauma Surgery

Yes in some cases: Here a good article that delineated these circumstances: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746973/ Safety depends on the experience of your surgeon/anesthesiologist with this modality

Answered 6/25/2018

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