Correction!....' ooops' :-O

From: Bev (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Fri Feb 8 11:40:57 2002


Correction to this paragraph.Last sentence should have read: Laporoscopic surgeryCAN and IS done all the time on " overweight" persons. It DOES take a skilled surgeon to perform it though!. :-) Sorry! Bev

Weight can offer problems in a laporoscopic procedure as the insult of gasses placed in the abdominal cavity has to be increased to lift the extra weight in order for the physician to have adequate working space. The more gas needed to create that working space also places pressure on the heart and diaphragm, and can cause the patient to become unstable..the anesthesiologist is monitoring the vital signs and will tell the surgeon to back off on gas as they see it creating pressure on the lungs and heart. Of course this reduces the amount of space to work in and at times a surgeon may have to resort to a laporotomy as the possibility of perforating an organ is increased. It CAN and IS done all the time.


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