Epidural anesthesia is effective for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of pancreatic and biliary calculi

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

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1948-9366

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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2010; 2(5): 165-168
Published online May 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i5.165

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristics
Age (yr)
Mean	34.64
Standard deviation	12.03
Range	7 to 79
Sex
Male	984 (65%)
Female	525 (35%)
Total	1509
Height (cm)
Mean	163.8
Standard deviation	61.3
Range	90.6 to 180.5
Weight (kg)
Mean	55.8
Standard deviation	20.3
Range	21.5 to 83
ASA Classification
ASA I	1103 (73%)
ASA II	358 (24%)
ASA III	48 (3%)
Inter vertebral space for epidural catheter
D7-D8	1243 (82%)
D8-D9	198 (13%)
D9-D10	68 (5%)

ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Citation: Darisetty S, Tandan M, Reddy DN, Kotla R, Gupta R, Ramchandani M, Lakhtakia S, Rao GV, Banerjee R. Epidural anesthesia is effective for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of pancreatic and biliary calculi. World J Gastrointest Surg 2010; 2(5): 165-168
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v2/i5/165.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v2.i5.165