Is there any benefit in using awake anesthesia with thoracic epidural in thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Aug;146(2):495-7.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.038. Epub 2013 Apr 17.

Authors

Eugenio Pompeo¹, Mario Dauri; Awake Thoracic Surgery Research Group

Collaborators

Awake Thoracic Surgery Research Group:
Eugenio Pompeo, Maria Antonietta Ceccon, Ludovica Celidonio, Benedetto Cristino, Mario Dauri, Filippo De Padova, Eleonora Fabbi, Mario Marino, Tommaso Claudio, Augusto Orlandi, Paola Rogliani, Alessandro Fabrizio Sabato, Elisabetta Sabato, Cesare Saltini, Federico Tacconi, Italo Nofroni

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. pompeo@med.uniroma2.it

PMID: 23601750
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.038

No abstract available

Keywords: 1; 10; 14; 28.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Epidural* / adverse effects
Anesthesia, Epidural* / mortality
Anesthesia, General* / adverse effects
Anesthesia, General* / mortality
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Length of Stay
Patient Discharge
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / mortality
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / surgery*
Pleurodesis / adverse effects
Pleurodesis / methods*
Pleurodesis / mortality
Rome
Talc / administration & dosage*
Talc / adverse effects
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / adverse effects
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted* / mortality
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Talc

Associated data

ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT01469728