Anesthetic considerations in pediatric laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery.
Minimally-invasive surgery does not equate with minimally-invasive anesthesia in children undergoing laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery. Knowledge of the associated pathophysiological changes, appropriate monitoring and good planning allow the safe provision of anesthesia for children subjected to these otherwise advantageous surgical techniques.
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013906:Thoracoscopy