title: Epidural anesthesia and non-invasive ventilation for radical retropubic prostatectomy in two obese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: We report two cases of anesthesia for radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) in obese-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients using the combination of epidural anesthesia and non-invasive ventilation (NIV). This technique avoided intubation, general anesthesia and perioperative pulmonary complications.
authors: Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia, Spain. jmalonso@me.com
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Alonso-Iñigo
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Herranz-Gordo
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Fas
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Giner
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Llopis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*