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Modern Anesthetic Techniques for Thoracic Operations

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Continuing advances in anesthesiology enable surgeons to perform more and more complex operations. Nowhere is this relation more important than for the patient undergoing thoracic surgery. Specialized anesthetic techniques including safe lung separation, the maintenance of oxygenation during selective one-lung ventilation, and effective postoperative analgesia allow procedures such as lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation to be performed routinely. This paper reviews modern clinical practices in the field of thoracic anesthesia.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, H-3580, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford California 94035, USA, USA

    Jay B. Brodsky, M.D. & Brett Fitzmaurice, M.D.

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apd: 16 February 2001

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Brodsky, M.D., J., Fitzmaurice, M.D., B. Modern Anesthetic Techniques for Thoracic Operations. World J. Surg. 25, 162–166 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002680020014

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