Evaluation of safety and efficacy of regional anesthesia compared with general anesthesia in thoracoscopic lung biopsy procedure on patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Evaluation of safety and efficacy of regional anesthesia compared with general anesthesia in thoracoscopic lung biopsy procedure on patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Background: Interstitial lung diseases are diseases that need histology diagnosis or obtaining a lung biopsy to establish the diagnosis. Surgical biopsies are performed usually using the thoracoscopy technique under general anesthesia (GA) although this procedure is still associated with morbidity r...

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Main Authors: Waseem M Hajjar, Sami A Al-Nassar, Ghaida S Al-Sugair, Alaa Al-Oqail, Shahd Al-Mansour, Rand Al-Haweel, Adnan W Hajjar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
General anesthesia; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; regional anesthesia; thoracoscopic lung biopsy
Online Access:http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2018;volume=12;issue=1;spage=46;epage=51;aulast=Hajjar

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