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laparoscopy under local anesthesia

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is this possible and has any one done it under local.I hate being put to sleep i had an ablation done under local so was hoping its now possible,i have had them done under general before.

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Hi, I dont think its possible but you should discuss it with your surgeon. However, I was in contact with a lady who had hysterectomy with epidural because she was quite overweight. So maybe that is an option.

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Thank you i will be asking if i need to have one.

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