Giulio Luca Rosboch, Federica Giunta, Edoardo Ceraolo, Federico Piccioni, Francesco Guerrera, Eleonora Balzani, Alessandro Pardolesi, Paolo Albino Ferrari, Davide Tosi, Marco Rispoli, Giudo Di Gregorio, Ruggero Massimo Corso, Roberto Crisci
BACKGROUND: Non-Intubated Thoracic Surgery (NITS) is becoming increasingly adopted all over the world. Although it is mainly used for pleural operations,, non-intubated parenchymal lung surgery has been less frequently reported. Recently, NITS utilization seems to be increased also in Italy, albeit there are no multi-center studies confirming this finding. The objective of this survey is to assess quantitatively and qualitatively the performance of NITS in Italy. METHODS: In 2018 a web-based national survey on Non-Intubated management including both thoracic surgeons and anesthesiologists was carried out...
January 3, 2022: BMC Anesthesiology