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. 2021 Oct-Dec;17(4):557-564.
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2021.557.

Actualities in the anaesthetic management of pheochromocytoma/ paraganglioma

D Godoroja-Diarto  1 , C Moldovan  2 , V Tomulescu  3
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Actualities in the anaesthetic management of pheochromocytoma/ paraganglioma

D Godoroja-Diarto et al. Acta Endocrinol (Buchar). 2021 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

The anaesthetic management of pheochromocytoma is complicated and challenging. However, preoperative pharmacologic preparation, modern anaesthetic techniques and drugs associated with advanced monitoring in conjunction with the evolution of surgical techniques (open laparotomy to laparoscopic surgery and robotic approaches in the present day) improved significantly perioperative outcome, and intraoperative and postoperative hemodynamic stability. Although there are not randomised clinical trials to suggest one approach over another and there is a high international variability amongst intraoperative anaesthetic techniques, most management principles are still universal.

Keywords: anaesthesia; intraoperative management; pharmacology; pheochromocytoma.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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