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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819972203321

Titolo

Awake thoracic surgery / / edited by Eugenio Pompeo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[United Arab Emirates], : Bentham Books, [2012]

ISBN

1-60805-288-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PompeoEugenio

Disciplina

617.9/6

617.96

Soggetti

Chest - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

01 Title.pdf; 02 Cover page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Quote; 05 Content; 06 Foreword; 07 Preface; 08 List of Contributors; 09 Acknowledgement; 10 CHAPTER 1; 11 CHAPTER 2; 12 CHAPTER 3; 13 CHAPTER 4; 15 CHAPTER 5; 15 CHAPTER 6; 17 CHAPTER 7; 18 CHAPTER 8; 19 CHAPTER 9; 20 CHAPTER 10; 21 CHAPTER 11; 22 CHAPTER 12; 23 CHAPTER 13; 24 CHAPTER 14; 25 CHAPTER 15; 26 CHAPTER 16; 27 Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Awake thoracic surgery is a new surgical field that is set to expand in the near future. Employing sole epidural or local anaesthesia in fully awake patients renders many thoracic surgical procedures doable with less invasiveness and general anaesthesia related adverse effects can be avoided. This, in turn, facilitates fast track surgery and improves cost-effectiveness of treatment procedures. The book explains issues relevant to awake thoracic surgery including postoperative  immunologic and stress-hormone responses,  lung volume reduction surgery, pulmonary resections and thymectomy.