Download – Thoracic Anaesthesia Update

Core operations are lobar resection, pneumonectomy for malignant and non-malignant conditions, mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy, bronchoscopy for diagnostic and interventional reasons, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for drainage and investigation of effusions, management of air-leaks, management of empyema and operations on the chest wall. Lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation are specialised procedures usually rationalised to specific units or surgeons.

Adrian Pearce