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Minerva Anestesiologica 2018 January;84(1):108-14

DOI: 10.23736/S0375-9393.17.12168-1

Copyright © 2017 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic lung surgery: anesthetic impact and perioperative experience

Joshua A. HELLER ¹ ✉, Faiz Y. BHORA ², Benjamin J. HELLER ¹, Edmond COHEN ¹

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; ² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Anesthesiologists and the perioperative team have a tremendous impact upon clinical outcomes in robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. As anesthesiology is developing its role outside the operating room, the patient population benefits from an expanded focus on perioperative critical care and pain management. This article focuses upon the preoperative optimization, unique intraoperative considerations for surgeons and anesthesiologists, and postoperative management of patients undergoing robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

KEY WORDS: Thoracic surgery - Anesthesiology - Lung neoplasms