Anesthesia for thoracoscopy.
Thoracoscopy has become a widely used method of achieving minimally invasive thoracic surgery. The anesthesiologist providing perioperative care for VATS is challenged to evaluate the patient carefully; to design a safe anesthetic regimen, taking into account preexisting disorders; to ameliorate physiologic alterations associated with one-lung ventilation and CO2 insufflation; and to provide safe, effective perioperative anesthesia and postoperative pain control.
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D010808:Physical Examination; D011187:Posture; D013906:Thoracoscopy