Anaesthetic management of extra-pleural pneumonectomy and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy procedure

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare tumour with survival of 9-17 months after diagnosis. Radical surgical resection by extra-pleural pneumonectomy combined with hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy has shown to improve patient survival and better microscopic tumour control. Anaesthetic manag...

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Main Authors: Jalaja Koppa Ramegowda, Mohammed Abdul Salam, Vasant Nayak, Shabber Zaveri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2015;volume=59;issue=12;spage=807;epage=810;aulast=Ramegowda