Abstract
Since 1998, we started a clinical program for awake video-assisted thoracic surgery in our unit using four-step local anesthesia and sedation. Throughout the years, we experienced several difficult cases, three of them had complications postpneumonectomy. The aim of this paper is to report these three cases.
Keywords:
VATS; awake; complications; pneumonectomy; uniportal.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Anesthesia / methods*
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Comorbidity
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Empyema / diagnosis
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Empyema / etiology
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Empyema / surgery
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Lung Neoplasms / mortality
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Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
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Male
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Pneumonectomy / adverse effects*
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Pneumonectomy / methods*
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Pneumothorax / diagnosis
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Pneumothorax / etiology
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Pneumothorax / surgery
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Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
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Postoperative Complications / surgery*
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome