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Efficacy of epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneoscopic renal biopsy
S Micali1, T W Jarrett, P Pappa
1Department of Urology, Tor Vergata University-Rome, Rome, Italy.
Urology
|February 7, 2001
Abstract:
Laparoscopic procedures are performed using general anesthesia due to the perceived limitations of regional anesthesia in the upper abdomen and retroperitoneum. We present our initial experience with epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy.