Author/Editor		Požar-Lukanovič, Neva
Title		Anestezija pri endoskopskih bariatričnih operacijah
Translated title		Anaesthesia for endoscopic bariatric surgery
Type		članek
Source		Endoskopska revija
Vol. and No.		Letnik 12, št. 28
Publication year		2007
Volume		str. 121-3
Language		slo
Abstract		The increasing incidence of morbid obesity in Western society has led to a growing number of extremely obese patients presenting for surgical treatement. Morbid obesity and coexistent conditions put these individuals at increased risk for anaesthesia-related complications. Pneumoperitoneum during bariatric surgery may worsen some specific pathophysiological properties of the morbidly obese. Difficult airway, changed reaction to anaesthetics, and prolonged and complicated recovery from anaesthesia are also of special concern. However, the rate of these complications has decreased recently as a result of increased experience with bariatric surgery for morbid obesity.
Descriptors		OBESITY, MORBID LAPAROSCOPY ANESTHESIA, INHALATION