Open AccessAnesthetic management of nephrectomy in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax
Author(s) -
M.C.B. Santhosh,
Rohini Bhat Pai,
Raghavendra P. Rao
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
brazilian journal of anesthesiology (english edition)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2352-2291
pISSN - 0104-0014
DOI - 10.1016/j.bjane.2014.02.002
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , pulmonary disease , nephrectomy , anesthesia , regional anesthesia , surgery , kidney
Nephrectomies are usually performed under general anesthesia alone or in combination with regional anesthesia and rarely under regional anesthesia alone. We report the management of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a history of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax undergoing nephrectomy under regional anesthesia alone.
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