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Anaesthesia for video‐assisted thoracoscopic patent ductus arteriosus ligation
Author(s) -
Shaw A. D. S.,
Mitchell J. B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00520.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ductus arteriosus , ligation , anesthesia , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , general anaesthesia , lung , surgery
The case notes of children undergoing video‐assisted thoracoscopic ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus were reviewed with particular emphasis on the anaesthetic management. All children were managed using one‐lung ventilation with no serious adverse sequelae. The lungs could be isolated easily in all cases and no special equipment was required. We describe our initial series of 13 cases and discuss the anaesthetic implications arising from this surgical technique. We also discuss the different ways of monitoring duct closure.