The management of infants and children presenting for thoracic surgery poses a variety of
challenges for anesthesiologists. A thorough understanding of the implications of …

Selective bronchial intubation (SBI) to ventilate a single lung (one-lung ventilation, OLV) or
to apply separate lung ventilation (independent-lung ventilation, ILV) can be frequently …

Introduction: The clinical outcome of geriatric patients with hip fracture depends on surgical
management as well as other medical factors. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship …

Over the past two decades there has been an exponential growth in the use of thoracoscopy
in children. Indeed, many advanced procedures—including lobectomy, repair of …

Introduction Data on the feasibility and effects of single lung ventilation (SLV) in children are
scarce. We conducted a retrospective study on the feasibility of SLV during video-assisted …

Background Risk factors for hypoxemia in school-age children undergoing one-lung
ventilation remain poorly understood. The hypothesis was that certain modifiable and …

Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has gained wide acceptance for
the pediatric population. Single-lung ventilation (SLV) has been suggested for thoracoscopic …

Background Advances in medical techniques and equipment have enabled the
thoracoscopic repair of certain congenital abnormalities in neonates including congenital …

The application of thoracoscopic surgical techniques to pediatric solid tumors represents an
important adjunctive tool for the surgical management of childhood cancer. Nearly four …

Since many years, feasibility and safety of thoracoscopic surgery in infants with pulmonary
malformations has been confirmed. Nevertheless, infants present some problems caused by …