Epidural anesthesia in awake thoracic surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-19

  Mineo, Tommaso Claudio ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; LVRS; Pulmonary nodule; Thoracic surgery; Thoracoscopy; VATS

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OPIATE;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; METASTASIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX SURGERY; THYMECTOMY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 34249891334     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.04.004     Document Type: Review

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