Anesthetic considerations for thoracic and thoracoscopic neurosurgical procedures are considered, emphasizing the need to provide anesthetic stability during prolonged periods of one-lung ventilation, while optimizing conditions for intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord integrity.
Severe systemic hypotension and bradycardia have been observed during carbon dioxide insufflation in some patients undergoing sympathectomy.
Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 13(1):65-69, February 2000.
Adams, David C.; Eisenkraft, James B.