Perioperative Approaches to the Anterior Mediastinal Mass-Principles and Pearls From a Ten-Year Experience at an Experienced Referral Center

Brian Radvansky; Mallory L Hunt; John G Augoustides; Ronak M Shah; Elizabeth A Valentine; John C Kucharczuk; Rowaa Ibrahim; Joseph Sanders; Nikhil Kumar; Michelle Capdeville

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2021.02.014

Perioperative Approaches to the Anterior Mediastinal Mass-Principles and Pearls From a Ten-Year Experience at an Experienced Referral Center

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Aug;35(8):2503-2512. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.02.014. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ United Anesthesia Services, Abington Hospital, Abington, PA.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.
⁴ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, MI.
⁷ Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

PMID: 33676802
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.02.014

No abstract available

Keywords: airway compression; anterior mediastinal mass; echocardiography; general anesthesia; neuromuscular blockade; spontaneous ventilation; superior vena cava; thymoma.

MeSH terms

Humans
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / surgery
Referral and Consultation
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome*
Thymoma*
Thymus Neoplasms*