title: Awake thoracoscopic surgery: safety issues in difficult airway and use of thoracic epidural anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ya-Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jin-Shing
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D059146:Metastasectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014851:Wakefulness