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Review
. 2001 Mar;19(1):153-71.
doi: 10.1016/s0889-8537(05)70217-0.

Anesthesia for thoracoscopy

J S Shah  1 , L L Bready
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Review

Anesthesia for thoracoscopy

J S Shah et al. Anesthesiol Clin North Am. 2001 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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