Locoregional Anaesthesia for Laparotomy: A Literature Review and Subsequent Case Series Highlighting the Potential of an Alternative Anaesthetic Technique.

Laparotomy is a surgical incision utilised in both emergency and elective scenarios to gain access to abdominal surgery. General anaesthesia is usually necessitated due to the substantial insult of the approach and to facilitate organ relaxation and paralysis. However, this brings with it the need for an assessment of the suitability of the anaesthetic technique, with a large number of patients having comorbidities significant enough to exclude them from surgery.