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Cholecystectomy under segmental thoracic epidural block in a patient with twin gestation
R Barani Selvan1, David George Veliath, Parnandi Bhaskar Rao
1Departments of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India.
Abstract:
Cholecystectomy represents the second most common surgery during pregnancy. Both general and regional anesthetic techniques have been successfully used for cholecystectomy in pregnant patients. Authors present here a case of a pregnant patient carrying twin gestation who underwent cholecystectomy, which is not frequently encountered by the anesthesiologists. This report enumerates the perioperative issues relating to anesthesia given to a pregnant patient in addition to emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary approach when such a case is encountered.

