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Letter to the Editor

Awake anesthesia: is it valid for all thoracic surgical procedures?

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Received 28 July 2007; accepted 21 November 2007.

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Key Words: Awake anesthesia • Thymectomy • Sympathectomy • Thoracoscopic surgery

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I read with interest the article titled ‘Awake anaesthesia for major thoracic surgical procedures: an observational study’ [1], but I have some comments about it.

As the authors mentioned that when ‘the chest wall was opened, spontaneous collapse of the lung occurred.’ This is due to the effect of external pressure with the negative intrathoracic pressure. I agree with that but want to ask about the method mentioned for management of this case, as they proposed that a suction . . . [Full Text of this Article]