Single-Port Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window under Local Anesthesia
| Autor: | Niall McGonigle, Chang Park |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Supine position medicine.medical_treatment Conscious Sedation 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause Pericardial effusion Pericardial Effusion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Thoracoscopy Humans Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Local anesthesia Thoracotomy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Pericardial Window Techniques medicine.disease Pericardial window Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure 030228 respiratory system Female Intercostal space Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Nasal cannula Anesthesia Local |
| Zdroj: | Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 13:62-64 |
| ISSN: | 1559-0879 1556-9845 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/imi.0000000000000456 |
| Popis: | There are numerous surgical approaches for the treatment of pericardial effusions but no clear consensus of best management. We present a 44-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer presenting with a new 2-cm pericardial effusion on ultrasound. In light of the patient's palliative condition and the urgent need for chemotherapy, careful consideration was made for her surgical drainage of the pericardial effusion. Because of the patient's medical comorbidities, a general anesthetic was deemed not to be in the patient's best interest. Furthermore, the invasive subxiphoid or thoracotomy approach for a pericardial window would have risked delaying her much needed chemotherapy. A single-port thoracoscopic pericardial window was performed under light sedation, ventilating spontaneously on supplementary oxygen through nasal cannula only. The patient was positioned in a supine position, and a single 8-mm port was inserted into the left hemithorax at the 5th intercostal space, midaxillary line under local anesthetic, and a pericardial window made. This minimally invasive approach, without the need for intubation or ventilation, allowed for rapid relief of symptoms and discharge for the patient to begin her chemotherapy in a timely manner. By undergoing the procedure awake and through a single port, the patient was discharged after a short inpatient stay. This novel approach can be advocated for patients where a general anesthetic or invasive surgical procedure is not suitable in the treatment of their pericardial effusion. |
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