Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery

Manuel Granell Gil gained his medical degree in 1993 and has been a member of the ESA since 2001. He has been a Full Member of the Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Therapy Spanish Society since 1990 and the Representative of Anaesthesia in Thoracic Surgery since 2011. He has also been a Member of the Thoracic Subcommittee of EACTA since 2013. He is an Associate Professor (Anaesthesiology) at University of Valencia, Spain. He is also Anaesthesiology Section Chief of the University General Hospital of Valencia. Mert Sentürk was born in 1966 in Istanbul, Turkey, where he completed his medical degree and anesthesia residencyin Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Dep. of Anaesthesiology. He has been several times in Germany with a scholarship from DAAD. He is an active member in ESA and EACTA; and working in different international studies. He is now Professor of Anesthesiology at Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Turkey.

Pulmonary resection: from classical approaches to robotic surgery.- Preoperative Evaluation: Frailty parameters, Preoperative neoadyuvant therapy. Indications for postoperative Care Unit.- Prehabilitation In Thoracic Surgery.- Lung isolation versus lung separation. Double-lumen tubes.- Bronchial Blockers. Applications in Thoracic Surgery.- Utility of bronchoscope in thoracic surgery.- Video laryngoscopes in thoracic surgery.- Intubation guides, tube exchanger catheter and safe extubation in thoracic surgery.- Difficult Airway Management in Thoracic Surgery.- Respiratory mechanics and gas exchange in thoracic surgery: Changes in classical knowledge in respirato-ry physiology.- Non intubated video-assisted surgery: A critical review.- Changes in ventilation strategies during thoracic surgery: Do we have to focus "only" in oxygenation?.- Change In Gold Standard Of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia In Thoracic Surgery.- Are there new evidences on the use of neuromuscular blocking agentsand reversal drugs in thoracic surgery?.- Are Anticoagulants And Antiplatelet Agents Important In Thoracic Surgery?.- Prevention and Ttreatment of Iinfections.- The role of Ultrasound (US) in Thoracic Surgery.- Changes In Classical Monitoring: Hemodynamic Monitoring, New Devices, Nirs  Etc.- Lung Transplantation: Justification for a paradigm change.- Extracorporeal Life Support (Ecmo) In Thoracic Surgery.- Thoracic Surgery In Patients With Previous Lung Resection.-  Anesthesia for esophageal surgery.- Tracheal And Bronchial Surgery. Hjfv.- Pediatric Thoracic Anesthesia.- Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery And Anesthesia. Interventional bronchology.

"The text is a comprehensive resource for thoracic anesthesiologists and provides additional insight into what 'can be done' in thoracic surgery with guidance to practitioners wishing to embark on these new areas. ... this is an excellent addition to the literature for anesthesia related to thoracic surgery." (Colin Royse, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 131 (6), December, 2020)

"The text is a comprehensive resource for thoracic anesthesiologists and provides additional insight into what ‘can be done’ in thoracic surgery with guidance to practitioners wishing to embark on these new areas. ... this is an excellent addition to the literature for anesthesia related to thoracic surgery.” (Colin Royse, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 131 (6), December, 2020)