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[Nephrectomy in pulmonary tuberculosis patients: an anesthesiological approach]
V Buzzetti1, E Dellino, G Veschi
1Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano.
Archivio Italiano Di Urologia, Nefrologia, Andrologia : Organo Ufficiale Dell'Associazione Per La Ricerca in Urologia = Urological, Nephrological, and Andrological Sciences
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Authors report a case of renal cell carcinoma in a patient suffering from cavitary tuberculosis. Nephrectomy was carried out in epidural anaesthesia together with Propofol continuous infusion and maintaining the patient in spontaneous breathing. The epidural anaesthesia avoided the possible pulmonary complications due to Nitrous Oxide and artificial ventilation. The combination of epidural anaesthesia with Propofol infusion gave both a better operability and a higher therapeutic compliance. The indications to this anaesthesiological method are analysed and discussed herein.