Successful thoracoscopic surgery for intractable pneumothorax after pneumonectomy under local and epidural anesthesia

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1545-1547

  Noda, Masafumi ^a   Okada, Yoshinori ^a   Maeda, Sumiko ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PICIBANIL; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956088607     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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