Non-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic lung resections: The future of thoracic surgery?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 721-731

  Gonzalez Rivas, Diego ^a,b   Bonome, Cesar ^c   Fieira, Eva ^b   Aymerich, Humberto ^d   Fernandez, Ricardo ^a,b   Delgado, Maria ^b   Mendez, Lucia ^b   De la Torre, Mercedes ^a,b  

^a Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c San Rafael Hospital   (Spain)

^d Quirón Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Awake surgery; Lobectomy; Local anaesthesia; Non intubated patient; Spontaneous ventilation; Uniportal

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMPHYSEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; ONE LUNG VENTILATION; PARALYSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX SURGERY; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG VENTILATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84962196152     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv136     Document Type: Review

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