Anesthetic mortality in intrathoracic surgery
| Autor: | H. Livingstone, G. Light, R. Engel, J. Coto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Thorax
Bronchus medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Coarctation of the aorta Thoracic Surgery Anastomosis Thoracic Surgical Procedures medicine.disease Surgery Stenosis medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesiology Anesthetic Carcinoma medicine Humans Anesthesia Esophagus business medicine.drug Anesthetics |
| Zdroj: | Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1920). 55(5) |
| ISSN: | 0272-5533 |
| Popis: | DURING past thirteen years rapid advancement has been made in the surgical management of intrathoracic lesions. In 1933 Graham1performed the first successful removal of the entire lung for carcinoma of the bronchus. Adams and Phemister2made the first successful one stage resection of the lower part of the esophagus and esophagogastrostomy for carcinoma performed through the thorax in 1938. Gross3in 1939 reported closure of a patent ductus. Crafoord and Nylin4in 1944 were the first to relieve successfully the ill effects of coarctation of the aorta by resection and anastomosis. Blalock and Taussig5in 1944 performed the first operation in human beings for the correction of pulmonary stenosis. Intrathoracic surgery is accompanied with many unusual surgical and anesthetic hazards. The dangers of an open pneumothorax were understood by Andreas Vesalius,6who in 1555 demonstrated to his students at Padua not only the |
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