title: Advantages of spinal anesthesia in abdominal gynecologic surgery.
abstract: The advantages obtained in vaginal surgery and caesarean section using spinal anesthesia led us to test this anesthesia to verify feasibility, problems and advantages in abdominal surgery. Spinal anesthesia was performed in 60 patients between 21 and 87 years of age. Thirty-seven total abdominal hysterectomies with or without adnexectomy, 5 laparotomic miomectomies, 3 adnexectomies, 5 colposacropexies, 2 hysterectomies with lymphadenectomy, 7 Burch colposuspension with or without hysterectomy and 1 laparoscopy for sterilization were performed. No significant problems during surgery and the postoperative period were observed. Resumption of the different physiologic functions were more rapid, hospital stay shorter and compliance greater than with general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Obstetrics and Gynacology, City Hospital Guastalla, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghirardini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baraldi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bertellini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bertoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianchini
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Castigliani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canova
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009215:Myometrium / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery