title: Perioperative anesthetic management for esophagectomy.
abstract: Esophageal resection is a formidable operation associated with high morbidity and mortality. Anesthetic management may contribute to the containment of respiratory failure and anastomotic leakage by the use of thoracic epidural analgesia, protective ventilation strategies, prevention of tracheal aspiration, and judicious fluid management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jng1@partners.org
authors.forename: Ju-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000758:Anesthesia; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D019990:Perioperative Care