Awake anesthesia: is it valid for all thoracic surgical procedures?☆
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Awake anesthesia: is it valid for all thoracic surgical procedures?
I read with interest the article titled ‘Awake anaesthesia for major thoracic surgical procedures: an observational study’ [1], but I have some comments about it. As the authors mentioned that when ‘the chest wall was opened, spontaneous collapse of the lung occurred.’ This is due to the effect of external pressure with the negative intrathoracic pressure. I agree with that but want to ask abou...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.11.015