Intubated Versus Nonintubated General Anesthesia or Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery—A Case-Control Study

Objective General anesthesia with endobronchial intubation and one-lung positive-pressure ventilation always has been considered mandatory for thoracic surgery. Recently, there has been interest in nonintubated techniques for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in awake and sedated patients....

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Published in:Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2017-04, Vol.31 (2), p.411-417
Main Authors: Irons, Joanne F., MBChB, MRCP, FRCA, PGDipCU, Miles, Lachlan F., MBBS, FANZCA, Joshi, Kaustuv R., BA (Hons), MB BChir, Klein, Andrew A., MBBS, FRCA, Scarci, Marco, MD, FRCS, Solli, Piergiorgio, MD, PhD, Martinez, Guillermo, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Anesthesia, General - methods
Anesthesia, General - standards
Case-Control Studies
Critical Care
Female
Humans
intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal - methods
Intubation, Intratracheal - standards
laryngeal mask
Male
Middle Aged
Pain Measurement - methods
Retrospective Studies
spontaneous ventilation
thoracic anesthesia
thoracic surgery
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - standards
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Summary:Objective General anesthesia with endobronchial intubation and one-lung positive-pressure ventilation always has been considered mandatory for thoracic surgery. Recently, there has been interest in nonintubated techniques for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in awake and sedated patients. The authors’ center developed a nonintubated technique with spontaneous ventilation with the patient under general anesthesia using a supraglottic airway device. The authors believe that this was the first study to compare a nonintubated general anesthetic technique with an intubated general anesthetic technique for VATS. Design Retrospective, observational study. Setting Specialist cardiothoracic hospital in the United Kingdom. Participants All patients who underwent elective minor VATS over 8 months (n = 73). Interventions A nonintubated general anesthetic technique with spontaneous ventilation via a supraglottic airway device was used for minor VATS procedures. This was compared with a case-matched intubated group. Measurements and Main Results Both groups had comparable baseline characteristics and surgical procedures. The anesthetic time was shorter in the nonintubated group (13.6±8.3 v 24.1±10.9 minutes, p
ISSN:1053-0770
1532-8422
DOI:10.1053/j.jvca.2016.07.003