Independent lung ventilation using a piston-driven anesthesia machine to ventilate the affected lung during resection of the visceral pleura for malignant pleural mesothelioma: A case series

J Clin Anesth. 2021 Dec:75:110456. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110456. Epub 2021 Jul 13.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Postal address: 1-16 Yonegahamadori, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-8558, Japan. Electronic address: bcvn400dd@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Postal address: 1-16 Yonegahamadori, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-8558, Japan.
³ Department of Surgery, Chest Disease Center, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, 1-16 Yonegahamadori, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-8558, Japan.

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Keywords: independent lung ventilation; malignant pleural mesothelioma; piston-driven anesthesia machine; pleurectomy/decortication.

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