POST-OPERATIVE CHEST X-RAY FINDINGS AND TEMPORAL LUNG CHANGES IN RELATION TO ANAESTHESIA METHOD PERFORMED DURING OPEN-HEART SURGERIES WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

Gediminas Mačys, Viktorija Vasiukevičiūtė, Tadas Lenkutis Santrauka Aim. To evaluate and assess the role of anaesthesia type in the development of lung X-ray changes after open-heart surgery. Methods. This is a retrospective study. During the period of 2019 11–2021 06, 287 patients underwent open-heart surgery with general anaesthesia (GA) (230 patients) or thoracic epidural analgesia…