title: Thoracic epidural anaesthesia and analgesia with bupivacaine for transsternal thymectomy for myasthenia gravis.
abstract: The present study describes the management of a myasthenic patient undergoing transsternal thymectomy for whom thoracic epidural anaesthesia using 15 mL of bupivacaine 0.5% combined with isoflurane 0.4% and nitrous oxide in oxygen 50% provided good intra-operative relaxation followed by an uneventful recovery and eliminated the need for other post-operative analgesics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akpolat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tilgen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saydam
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gürel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000601:surgery*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D013934:Thymectomy
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine