Laparoscopic Sterilization with Local Anesthesia

1 May 1977

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Anesthesia & Analgesia

Vol. 56 (3) , 335???337-337
https://doi.org/10.1213/00000539-197705000-00003

Abstract

Arterial blood-gas changes were studied in 21 healthy women undergoing laparoscopic sterilization with local anesthesia and supplemental IV sedation, employing CO₂ as the inflating gas. No significant hypercarbia was noted. Two patients became transiently apneic following IV medication and 2 became extremely agitated during the procedure. This constituted a major nonsurgical complication rate of 19 percent. Safety requirements for patients undergoing this procedure are suggested.

Keywords

PHYSIOLOGY
CLINICAL RESEARCH
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
ANESTHESIA
HEALTH
MEDICINE
TREATMENT
BIOLOGY
STERILIZATION

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