Revista de Tratamento e Medicina da Dor

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Report of Open Cholecystectomy in Two Obese Patients with Severe Lung Disease under Awake Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia

Dalamagka M and Kontovitsis CH

We report 2 cases of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis in patients with obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, American Society of Anaesthesiologists classification IV, that they were treated with open cholecystectomy. In both cases, successful open cholecystectomy was performed, under thoracic epidural anaesthesia, and the patients recovered uneventfully.