Efficacy of epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneoscopic renal biopsy.
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.
Micali
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Department of Urology, Tor Vergata University-Rome, Rome, Italy.
Jarrett
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Pappa
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Taccone Gallucci
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Virgili
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Vespasiani
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D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged