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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in five awake obese patients using paravertebral and superficial cervical plexus
S Kanawati1, H Fawal2, H Maaliki3
1Anaesthesia and Pain Management Department, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
Anaesthesia
|March 11, 2015
Abstract:
We report laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in five awake obese patients, completed under regional anaesthesia provided by paravertebral and superficial cervical plexus blockade. The technique was acceptable to patients, surgeons and anaesthetists.

