Perioperative Anesthetic Management of Laparoscopic Surgeries in Obese Patients

Abstract

Obesity is considered a serious medical condition. Comorbidities that are related to obese patients are numerous and can be hazardous to patient’s life. Comorbidities related to obesity include: metabolic, respiratory,and CVS diseases.Obesity persists as an anesthetic challenge accompanied with many common difficulties that need careful anesthetic planning.Obese patients are liable tohigher risks of perioperative cardiopulmonary complications while needing a prolonged hospital stay postoperatively.Laparoscopic surgeries have many advantages over open surgeries. Laparoscopic surgeries carry also a risk of many complications that might harm the patient. Keywords: Laparoscopic, Surgeries, Anesthesia, Obesity, Obese, Management, comorbidities