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. 2005 Jan-Feb;57(1):49-53.

Conscious off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Murali Chakravarthy  1 , Vivek Jawali, Murali Manohar, T A Patil, K Jayaprakash, N V Shivananda, Gilbert Joseph, Srinivasan Kolar, Jayant Kumar Das
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  • PMID: 15852895

Conscious off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Murali Chakravarthy et al. Indian Heart J. 2005 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Background: Cardiothoracic surgery has been previously performed successfully under thoracic epidural anesthesia alone. Between October 2001 and December 2003, we performed 123 conscious off-pump coronary artery bypass surgeries using epidural anesthesia as the sole anesthetic. This technique is an alternative to cardiothoracic surgery performed under general anesthesia. Certain modifications in the technique facilitate the process.

Methods and results: There were 24 female patients and 99 male patients with mean age of 58.6 +/- 6.2 years; 12 patients underwent repeat coronary artery bypass surgery. All the patients underwent epidural catheterization on the evening before surgery. Out of the 123 patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft surgery, 120 underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery successfully; 4 patients underwent off-pump surgery via left thoracotomy and the rest through mid sternotomy. These patients received 295 grafts in all (single graft in 26 patients, double in 42 patients, triple in 35 patients, and quadruple in 20 patients). Three patients required conversion to general anesthesia and one to cardiopulmonary bypass. There was no mortality in the group.

Conclusions: Our experience suggests that by modifying the surgical techniques, we can accomplish conscious coronary artery bypass surgery.

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