Modern anesthetic techniques for thoracic operations.
review · Level V
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Abstract
Continuing advances in anesthesiology enable surgeons to perform more and more complex operations. Nowhere is this relation more important than for the patient undergoing thoracic surgery. Specialized anesthetic techniques including safe lung separation, the maintenance of oxygenation during selective one-lung ventilation, and effective postoperative analgesia allow procedures such as lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation to be performed routinely. This paper reviews modern clinical practices in the field of thoracic anesthesia.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia
- Respiration, Artificial
- Thoracic Surgical Procedures