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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in five awake obese patients using paravertebral and superficial cervical plexus blockade

Anaesthesia (2015) 70(8) 993-995
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13037
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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.

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Kanawati, S., Fawal, H., Maaliki, H., & Naja, Z. M. (2015). Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in five awake obese patients using paravertebral and superficial cervical plexus blockade. Anaesthesia, 70(8), 993–995. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.13037

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