Anesthesia for radical prostatectomy, cystectomy, nephrectomy, pheochromocytoma, and laparoscopic procedures.
This article presents some of the more salient aspects of the anesthetic management of the common major renal surgical procedures and discusses the physiology and anesthetic implications of minimally invasive laparoscopic urologic surgery.
Whalley
D G
DG
Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA. whalled@ccf.org
Berrigan
M J
MJ
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D015653:Cystectomy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures