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Anesthesia for Lung Resection and Pleural Surgery

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Pulmonary resection and pleural surgeries are the most common thoracic surgical procedures performed in any thoracic surgical unit. Lung resection procedures include wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy, sleeve lobectomy, and pneumonectomy [1], whereas pleural surgeries encompass debridement, decortication, and pleurodesis [2]. Other miscellaneous thoracic surgical procedures include thoracic duct ligation and closure of bronchopleural fistula etc. These procedures can be performed either by open thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Advancement in surgical techniques and instrumentation has led to increased interest in thoracoscopic especially VATS procedures. VATS was initially used only for minor procedures, but recently it has gained popularity in lung resection and pleural surgeries as well [3]. In fact they are considered to be of choice in most cases due to enhanced recovery, decreased length of stay, and sparing of mechanical chest wall function [4, 5].

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Chabra, H., Sharma, S. (2020). Anesthesia for Lung Resection and Pleural Surgery. In: Sood, J., Sharma, S. (eds) Clinical Thoracic Anesthesia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0746-5_12

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