title: Awake uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for complications after pneumonectomy.
abstract: Since 1998, we started a clinical program for awake video-assisted thoracic surgery in our unit using four-step local anesthesia and sedation. Throughout the years, we experienced several difficult cases, three of them had complications postpneumonectomy. The aim of this paper is to report these three cases.
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Migliore
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borrata
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nardini
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Criscione
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Damiano
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Mariapia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gangemi
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery & Medical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scalieri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: VATS; awake; complications; pneumonectomy; uniportal