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Prone Lateral Minimally Invasive Retropleural Corpectomy Using a Rotatable Radiolucent Jackson Table
Published on: July 3, 2025
[Thoracentesis under Standing with Assistance of a Tilt Table in Critical Patients after Cardiovascular Surgery]
Yukio Umeda1, Mizuki Inoue, Yasuaki Takahashi
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu, Japan.
Abstract:
For safe and effective drainage in patients with pleural effusion after cardiac surgery, ultrasound-guided thoracocentesis was carried out under standing with assistance of a tilt table. Thoracocentesis was performed in 5( 11%) of the 44 patients who were treated under passive orthostatism using a tilt table. Four cases were under intubated-ventilator assist, and 2 cases were under intraaortic balloon pumping( IABP). No adverse events occurred. Thoracocentesis under standing with assistance of a tilt table can be safely performed.
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