The Effect of Recruitment Maneuver With Protective Ventilation During Thoracic Surgery

The Effect of Recruitment Maneuver With Protective Ventilation on the Pulmonary and Systemic Inflammatory Response to One-lung Ventilation

The purpose of this study is to determine if a recruitment maneuver combined with protective ventilatory strategy could reduce the pulmonary and systemic inflammatory responses to one-lung ventilation during thoracic surgery.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 20 Years and older
• Patients undergoing thoracic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency surgery
• Heart failure
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Forced vital capacity or forced expiratory volume in 1 sec < 50% of the predicted values
• Coagulation disorder
• Pulmonary or extrapulmonary infections
• History of treatment with steroid in 3 months before surgery
• History of recurrent pneumothorax
• History of lung resection surgery