pain control is a major concern in post-thoracotomy patients. the current prospective randomized double-blind study was designed to evaluate the analgesic effects of morphine and fentanyl given interpleurally after posterolateral thoracotomy. thirty patients undergoing elective posterolateral thoracotomy in a teaching hospital in tehran were divided into 3 groups with equal number of patients. ...

Introduction: Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital abnormality that is usually diagnosed in childhood. When diagnosed in adults, patients are usually symptomatic and undergo open thoracotomy and lobectomy. However, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VAts) has become a viable alternative. case series: We present three cases in which adults underwent VAts lobectomy. the rese...

Objectives: Thoracotomy causes intense postoperative pain which may become chronic. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)leads to less compared with thoracotomy. In this study, we analyzed scores in patients who underwent lungresections VATS or thoracotomy.Patients and Methods: Patients lung resections uniportal, biportal thoracotomy between May 2015– 2017 were included the study. Visual Analo...

The management of the robotic thoracic surgical patient • requires the knowledge of minimally invasive surgery techniques involving the chest. Familiarity with the da Vinci • ® robot surgical system by the anesthesiologist is mandatory. Management of one-lung ventilation techniques with a left• sided double-lumen endotracheal tube or an independent bronchial blocker is required, along with flex...

A 69-year-old man underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair of a descending aortic aneurysm. Three years later, he developed impending rupture due to aneurysmal expansion that included the proximal landing zone. Urgent open surgery was performed via lateral thoracotomy, and a Dacron graft was sewn to the previous stent graft distally with Teflon felt reinforcement. Postoperatively, four seq...

PURPOSE Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. Twenty percent of all neuroblastomas arise in the thorax. This study evaluates the open vs thoracoscopic resection of thoracic neuroblastoma. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted from the medical records of all children undergoing resection of a thoracic neuroblastoma from 1990 to 2007 at our institut...

BACKGROUND Of all the postsurgical pain conditions, thoracotomy pain poses a particular therapeutic challenge in terms of its prevalence, severity, and ensuing postoperative morbidity. Multiple pain generators contribute to the severity of post-thoracotomy pain, and therefore a multimodal analgesic therapy is considered to be a necessary strategy. Along with opioids, thoracic epidural analgesia...

Background Postoperative pulmonary complications correlate highly with thoracic surgery compared to other surgeries. Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) is a minimally invasive surgical approach that provides considerable advantages over major open thoracotomy. Methodology This retrospective cohort study. All patients aged 18 years and above of both genders were included in the Cases following ...