One-lung ventilation with the Univent tube in a pediatric patient undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Kanazawa ◽  
Haruo Fukuyama ◽  
Miyoko Kihara ◽  
Yoshio Kinefuchi ◽  
Mamoru Takiguchi
Keyword(s):  
Pediatric Patient ◽  
Thoracoscopic Surgery ◽  
Lung Ventilation ◽  
One Lung Ventilation ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Univent Tube ◽  
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

scholarly journals May awake video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with thoracic epidural anesthesia use routinely for minimaly invasive thoracic surgery procedures in the future?

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1602
Author(s):  
Gonul Sagiroglu ◽  
Fazli Yanik ◽  
Yekta A. Karamusfaoglu ◽  
Elif Copuroglu
Keyword(s):  
Thoracic Surgery ◽  
General Anesthesia ◽  
Epidural Anesthesia ◽  
Thoracoscopic Surgery ◽  
Lung Ventilation ◽  
Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia ◽  
One Lung Ventilation ◽  
Thoracic Epidural ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Background: In the last years thoracic surgery developed in greater extent with equipments and techniques in one lung ventilation. Still general anesthesia in one lung ventilation approved as gold standard. In thoracic surgery most performed surgeries are plerural decortication and lung biopsy. Avoidance of intubation in Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) procedures gains us some advantages in postoperative period; a better respiratory parameters, survival and morbidity mortality rates, reduced hospitalization time and costs, reduced early stress hormone and immune response.  Methods: In this study, we reported our experience of 24 consecutive patients undergoing VATS with Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia (TEA) between December 2015 through July 2016 to evaluate the feasibility, safety and indication of this innovative technique whether it will be a gold standart in thoracic surgeries or not in the future.Results: Operation procedures included wedge resection in 11 (46%) patients (eight of them for pneumothorax, three of them for diagnosis), in 10 (42%) patients pleural biopsy (eight of them used talc pleurodesis), in two (8%) patients air leak control with fibrin glue and in one (4%) patient bilateral thoracal sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis.  We used T4-5 TEA space for 17 (72%) of patients, while we used T4-6 TEA space for 7 (28%) of patients. TEA block reached the desired level after the mean 26.4±4.3 minutes (range 21-34 min). There was no occurrence of hypotension and bradycardia during and after TEA. One (4%) patient required conversion to general anesthesia and tracheal intubation because of significant diaphragmatic contractions and hyperpne. Conversion to thoracotomy was not needed in any patient.Conclusions: We conclude that nVATS procedure with aid of TEA is feasibile and safety with minimal adverse events. The procedure can have such advantages as early mobilization, opening of early oral intake, early discharge, patient satisfaction, low pain level. Nevertheless, there is a need for randomized controlled trials involving wider case series on the subject.

Cadaveric evaluation of fluoroscopy‐assisted placement of one‐lung ventilation devices for video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery in dogs

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp D. Mayhew ◽  
Amandeep Chohan ◽  
Brian T. Hardy ◽  
Ameet Singh ◽  
J. Brad Case ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thoracoscopic Surgery ◽  
Lung Ventilation ◽  
One Lung Ventilation ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Left uniportal VATS for lung decortication after chemical pleurodesis under spontaneous breathing in patient with lymphangiomyomatosis

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Breathing ◽  
Thoracoscopic Surgery ◽  
Lung Ventilation ◽  
Lung Parenchyma ◽  
One Lung Ventilation ◽  
Chemical Pleurodesis ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Lung Expansion ◽  
Talc Poudrage ◽  
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Pneumothorax can be the first symptom of lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis have a higher risk of recurrence of pneumothorax. Chemical pleurodesis is a viable option to treat the recurrence, but in rare cases, it is not the solution. We present the case of a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis undergoing a talc poudrage via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pneumothorax that failed to reexpand the lung. We proposed to the patient a surgical approach to debride the lung parenchyma with the patient under deep sedation with spontaneous breathing. The patient was discharged on the 5th postoperative day. The chest computed tomography scan showed complete lung reexpansion. We advocate that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in patients who are awake is a feasible surgical option that permits the restoration of physiological lung expansion in selected patients who underwent chemical pleurodesis and minimizes the risk of one-lung ventilation.

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