Combined Thoracic Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy; One Hundred Case Experience.

Background: Obesity is a growingly impacting human health concern. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective treatment for morbid obesity. However, the general anesthesia (GA) used in this major surgery has its documented drawbacks in obese patients with high risk.