Anestesia en procedimientos lumboscópicos: Experiencia en el Centro Nacional de Cirugía de mínimo acceso

the laparoscopic urological surgery has advanced considerably in recent years, introducing the retroperitoneal approach as an advantageous option. objectives: to present the experience of driving anesthetic perioperative retroperitoneal procedures. method: research retrospective, descriptive and longitudinal. we included all medical records of patients scheduled for urological retroperitoneal surgery at the national centre for minimal access surgery (cncma) from august 1999 to december 2010. stories of clinical variables were extracted: age, sex, weight, surgical time, associated diseases, capnometry and clinically significant complications during anesthesia and post surgical. for all quantitative variables were determined descriptive statistics (mean, minimum, maximum, standard deviation, coefficient of variation). for all variables were performed frequency tables. statistical analysis was performed using spss version 11.05. the results were expressed through tables and graphs. results: 324 cases were performed, 211 men and 113 women. the surgical procedure was: 58 nephrectomy, pyeloplasty 1, pyelolithotomies 5, 183 and renal cysts ureterolithotomies 77. of these 30 patients had lumbar subcutaneous emphysema and showed 82% of co2 values at the end of expiration than 50 mmhg, at least one intraoperative measurement. not found clinical evidence of air embolism. conclusions: the success of retroperitoneal procedures depends on proper patient selection and teamwork anesthesiologist-surgeon.