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Awake thoracic surgery is a feasible and safe alternative to general anesthesia for pulmonary biopsy in interstitial lung disease patients, but there is still no evidence as to its superiority in terms of outcome. However, there is extensive literature about the effect of anesthetic drugs and surgery on diaphragmatic function. Furthermore, in thoracic surgery, diaphragmatic dysfunction was associated with a higher occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications.
To assess the impact of general anesthesia on diaphragmatic function, the investigators conducted an observational prospective trial. The investigators measured both diaphragmatic excursion and Thickening Fraction at baseline and 12 hours after surgery together with pulmonary function tests and gas exchange data.
Awake thoracic surgery is a feasible and safe alternative to general anesthesia for pulmonary biopsy in interstitial lung disease patients, but there is still no evidence as to its superiority in terms of outcome.
However, there is extensive literature about the effect of anesthetic drugs and surgery on diaphragmatic function. Furthermore, in thoracic surgery, diaphragmatic dysfunction was associated with a higher occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications.
To assess the impact of general anesthesia on diaphragmatic function, the investigators conducted an observational prospective trial. The investigators measured both diaphragmatic excursion and Thickening Fraction at baseline and 12 hours after surgery together with pulmonary function tests and gas exchange data.
The investigators divided our population into two groups: one group of patients undergoing awake thoracic surgery with epidural anesthesia, and the other group undergoing general anesthesia.
Forty-one patients were recruited and the Thickening Fraction percentage, calculated as (End Inspiratory thickness-End Expiratory thickness)/End Expiratory thickness, was evaluated by means of an ultrasound-assisted method, using a high frequency (10 MHz) linear probe.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Regional awake anesthesia | In non-intubated patients, an epidural catheter was placed at T5-T6. An anesthetic load of 0,5 mg/kg of ropivacaine was administered to reach anesthesia of the thoracic wall. Adjunctive local anesthetic infiltration of the incision site was performed by the surgeon with 2% lidocaine and 7,5% Ropivacaine. The cumulative dose of anesthetics drugs was computed as not to exceed the recommended dosage. To improve patient comfort through the procedure, sedation with Target Controlled Infusion of propofol (using Schnider algorithm) and low dose remifentanil (0,05 mcg/kg/min) was also administered. |
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| General anesthesia | Either epidural block or an interfascial plane block of the thoracic wall, such as serratus anterior plane block or erector spinae plane block, were performed. Patients were then anesthetized with Propofol plus opiates (usually remifentanil) and muscle paralysis was achieved with Rocuronium. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Regional awake anesthesia | Procedure | We want to assess the impact of regional anesthesia on diaphragmatic function in patients undergoing Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pulmonary biopsy in interstitial lung disease |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Diaphragmatic maximal function | Measured with diaphragmatic excursion | 12 hours |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Pain scores | Numeric rate scale | 24 hours |
| Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting | Presence/absence of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting | 24 hours |
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Patients scheduled for lung biopsy were enrolled prospectively starting from February 2019 to September 2020.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Luca Brazzi, Professor | University of Torino | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino | Turin | 10100 | Italy |
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