Open AccessThoracoscopic lung biopsy under regional anesthesia for interstitial lung disease
Author(s) -
Chitaru Kurihara,
Brian Tolly,
Andre M. DeWolf,
Antoun Nader,
Samuel Kim,
David D. Odell,
A. Christine Argento,
G. R. Scott Budinger,
Ankit Bharat
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
regional anesthesia and pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.623
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1532-8651
pISSN - 1098-7339
DOI - 10.1136/rapm-2019-100686
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracoscopy , interstitial lung disease , biopsy , lung biopsy , lung , pulmonary function testing , surgery , pathological , restrictive lung disease , single center , anesthesia , radiology
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) management guidelines support lung biopsy-guided therapy. However, the high mortality associated with thoracoscopic lung biopsy using general anesthesia (GA) in patients with ILD has deterred physicians from offering this procedure and adopt a diagnostic approach based on high-resolution CT. Here we report that thoracoscopy under regional anesthesia could be a safer alternative for lung biopsy and effectively guide ILD treatment.