Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive pro- cedure which allows the examination of the pleural space in a spontaneously breathing patient; pleural biopsies under direct vision, therapeutic evacuation of effusions, delo- culation of empyema, endoscopic staging of mesothelioma, and pleurodesis for neoplasm or pneumothorax can be per- formed in one setting. Medical thoracoscopy is frequently performed by respiratory physicians in an endoscopy suite using local anaesthesia and conscious sedation or monitored anaesthesia care.
Efficacy and safety of thoracic paravertebral block for medical thoracoscopy / Agnoletti V.; Gurioli C.; Piraccini E.; Maitan S.; Massimo Corso R.; Matteo B.; Poletti V.; Gambale G.. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA. - ISSN 0007-0912. - ELETTRONICO. - 106:6(2011), pp. 916-917. [10.1093/bja/aer143]
Efficacy and safety of thoracic paravertebral block for medical thoracoscopy
Agnoletti V.;Poletti V.;
2011
Abstract
Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive pro- cedure which allows the examination of the pleural space in a spontaneously breathing patient; pleural biopsies under direct vision, therapeutic evacuation of effusions, delo- culation of empyema, endoscopic staging of mesothelioma, and pleurodesis for neoplasm or pneumothorax can be per- formed in one setting. Medical thoracoscopy is frequently performed by respiratory physicians in an endoscopy suite using local anaesthesia and conscious sedation or monitored anaesthesia care.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
