TY  - EJOU
AU  - Johnson, Timothy V. 
AU  - Bond, Ninetta 
AU  - Master, Viraj A. 

TI  - Radical nephrectomy via epidural-only anesthesia
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2010
VL  - 17
IS  - 5
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - We present what we believe is, to the best of our 
knowledge, the fi rst report of open radical nephrectomy 
performed under epidural-only anesthesia. Our patient 
had localized renal cell carcinoma requiring open 
nephrectomy, but he also had comorbid emphysema 
that precluded general anesthesia. Epidural anesthesia, 
which bypassed the pulmonary system, allowed us to 
perform the surgery.
KW  - nephrectomy
KW  -  cancer
KW  -  epidural

DO  -