[Anesthetic management of a patient with a history of right upper lobectomy for esophageal resection via left thoracotomy].
We anesthetized a patient for esophageal resection in a right lateral decubitus position, because of his right pleural adhesion after lobectomy for tuberculosis. Although hypoxemia was expected on left lung compression during the surgery, oxygenation was not compromised. A good ventilation/perfusion relationship might have been maintained in both the right and left lungs during the procedure.
Udagawa
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Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine.
Toyooka
H
H
Ichinose
T
T
Sakai
A
A
Fujii
Y
Y
Amaha
K
K
D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods*; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery
D009020:Morphine