...M. Friedrich-Freksa; E. Schulz; T. Nitzke; O. Wenzel; G. Popken Objective: To assess the feasibility and performance of radical cystectomy with urinary diversion using exclusively regional anesthesia (i.e. combined spinal thoracic epidural anesthesia, CSTEA), avoiding the adverse effects of general...

...Vishwajeet Singh; Rahul Janak Sinha; S.N. Sankhwar; Anita Malik Objective: A prospective randomized study was executed to compare the surgical parameters and stone clearance in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSEA) versus those...

...Allen W. Chiu; William J.S. Huang; Kuang-Kuo Chen; Luke S. Chang Feasibility and safety of laparoscopic ligation of bilateral internal spermatic varices under epidural anesthesia were assessed in 11 patients. Another 11 patients undergoing the same procedure under ventilation-assisted anesthesia...

... analgesia. Major operations such as radical cystectomy, which also is associated with considerable blood loss, a combination of general and epidural anesthesia may allow for less blood loss, with a better postoperative analgesia and without any increase in complications. Urologia Internationalis Original...