One-lung ventilation via a double-lumen endobronchial tube is safe and convenient for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. It has no further consequences on haemodynamic variables, whereas the compression of the lung by carbon dioxide insufflation may cause circulatory dysfunction.
Brock H, Rieger R, Gabriel C, Pölz W, Moosbauer W, Necek S
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