Awake video-assisted pleural decortication for empyema thoracis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 594-601

  Tacconi, Federico ^a   Pompeo, Eugenio ^a   Fabbi, Eleonora ^a   Mineo, Tommaso Claudio ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local anaesthesia; Pleural empyema; Video assisted thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCAPNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL DECORTICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 76449083083     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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