TY - JOUR
T1 - Laparoscopic appendicectomy in a postpneumonectomy patient
AU - Santha, Neeta
AU - Govind, Lekshmipriya
AU - Naik, Shilpa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgeries has anesthetic implications due to increase in the intra-abdominal pressure and end-tidal carbon dioxide. The effects are more pronounced if the patient has only one lung. However, the advantages of laparoscopy include reduced postoperative pain and early recovery. We present a case of 30-year-old patient who had undergone pneumonectomy and was posted for laparoscopic appendicectomy. General anesthesia was instituted, and with some modifications in ventilation, the procedure was uneventful and we were able to extubate the patient on the table. Understanding of the physiological consequences of pneumonectomy facilitated the provision of safe anesthesia.
AB - Pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgeries has anesthetic implications due to increase in the intra-abdominal pressure and end-tidal carbon dioxide. The effects are more pronounced if the patient has only one lung. However, the advantages of laparoscopy include reduced postoperative pain and early recovery. We present a case of 30-year-old patient who had undergone pneumonectomy and was posted for laparoscopic appendicectomy. General anesthesia was instituted, and with some modifications in ventilation, the procedure was uneventful and we were able to extubate the patient on the table. Understanding of the physiological consequences of pneumonectomy facilitated the provision of safe anesthesia.
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U2 - 10.4103/aam.aam_51_20
DO - 10.4103/aam.aam_51_20
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121320740
SN - 1596-3519
VL - 20
SP - 310
EP - 312
JO - Annals of African Medicine
JF - Annals of African Medicine
IS - 4
ER -