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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy is Feasible Under Local Anesthesia

Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VAT) is usually performed under general anesthesia (GA). We performed an analysis to determine whether multithoracoport VAT under local anesthesia (LA) is feasible. Methods: Forty-five VAT under LA were performed in 34 men and 11 women (mean age 46.8 years) in the endosc...

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Autores principales: Smit, Hans J. M., Schramel, Franz M. N. H., Sutedja, Tom G., ter Laak-Uytenhaak, Luud S. C., Nannes-Pols, Marjolein H., Postmus, Pieter E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.4.177