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KMID : 0356920170700030341
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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2017 Volume.70 No. 3 p.341 ~ p.344
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Non-intubated thoracoscopic surgery for decortication of empyema under thoracic epidural anesthesia: a case report
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Moon Eun-Jin
Go Yoon-Ju
Chung Jun-Young
Yi Jae-Woo
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Abstract
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General anesthesia is the main strategy for almost all thoracic surgeries. However, a growing body of literature has reported successful cases of non-intubated thoracic surgery with regional anesthesia. This alternative strategy not only prevents complications related to general anesthesia, such as lung injury, incomplete re-expansion and intubation related problems, but also accords with trends of shorter hospital stay and lower overall costs. We experienced a successful case of non-intubated thoracoscopic decortication for a 68-year-old man who was diagnosed as empyema while the patient kept spontaneously breathing with moderate sedation under thoracic epidural anesthesia. The patient showed a fast recovery without concerns of general anesthesia related complications and effective postoperative analgesia through thoracic epidural patient-controlled analgesia device. This is the first report of non-intubated thoracoscopic surgery under thoracic epidural anesthesia in Korea, and we expect that various well designed prospective studies will warrant the improvement of outcomes in non-intubated thoracoscopic surgery.
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KEYWORD
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Non-intubated, Thoracic epidural anesthesia, Thoracoscopic surgery
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