Anaesthesia for Awake Video – Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Geda Klimavičiūtė, Renata Paškevičiūtė, Vidas Jankus, Aleksandras Bagajevas Abstract In the recent decade, nonintubated video-assisted thoracoscopicsurgery (VATS) has been extensively performed and evaluated.Perioperative anaesthetic management presents itself as a freshissue for the iatrogenic open pneumothorax, which is intended forunilateral lung collapse to create a steady surgical field, and theensuing physiologic derangement involving ventilatory and hemodynamicperspectives.…