Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia ()

Anesthetic management of nephrectomy in a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient with recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax

  • Mysore Chandramouli Basappaji Santhosh,
  • Rohini Bhat Pai,
  • Raghavendra P. Rao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjane.2014.02.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 4
pp. 423 – 425

Abstract

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Abstract Nephrectomies are usually performed under general anesthesia alone or in combination with regional anesthesia and rarely under regional anesthesia alone. We report the management of a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a history of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax undergoing nephrectomy under regional anesthesia alone.

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