[Perioperative management of a patient with general lymph-congestion following total spondylectomy with posterior and anterior fusion for first thoracic vertebral hemangioma].
A 50-year-old healthy woman was scheduled for surgery of the first thoracic vertebral (T 1) hemangioma accompanying rapidly aggravated neurological deficit in three months. Anesthesia was induced with intravenous fentanyl and propofol and maintained with isoflurane-oxygen-air inhalation, followed by propofol infusion combined with sevoflurane inhalation. Following posterior decompression of T 1 with fusion of C 6-T 3, consecutive total spondylectomy of T 1 with anterior fusion of C 7-T 2 was carried out. At the end of surgery, marked edema was noticed on her face, neck and bilateral upper extremities, possibly due to long manipulation around the left jugular angle. Next morning the edema spread to her whole body and the elevation of both diaphragms and the mediastinal expansion were recognized. Mechanical ventilation in the mode of IMV was performed until subsiding of edema on the fifth postoperative day. During this period, hypoxemia was frequently observed in spite of appropriate respiratory support. On the third postoperative day, bronchoscopic bronchial toilet was performed which brought the improvement of blood oxygenation. The occasional administration of furosemide was not effective to reduce general edema, but served for the acceleration of lymphatic drainage after the release of the thoracic duct obstruction and the patient was extubated uneventfully on the sixth postoperative day.
Hanzawa
K
K
Department of Anesthesiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo.
Kamiyama
Y
Y
Mizushima
A
A
Kanai
M
M
Miura
K
K
Fujino
S
S
Toyama
T
T
D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007796:Laminectomy; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae