Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jul 2011
[Perianaesthetic concerns for the new robot-assisted transaxillary thyroid surgery: a report of seven first cases].
The gasless transaxillary robot-assisted endoscopic thyroid surgery is recently proposed and developed in South Corea and USA. We reported the perianaesthestic concerns for the seven first patients scheduled to undergo this innovative surgical technique in France. The anaesthetic considerations focused on the length of surgery according to the learning curve, the risk of the arm posture and the postoperative painful evaluation and relief.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jul 2011
[Does pulmonary contusion expose to the risk of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections? Results of an experimental study].
To create a reliable and reproducible model of pulmonary contusion (PC) in rats in order to evaluate the influence of PC on bacterial lung proliferation. ⋯ This experimental model is reliable and reproducible. The initially high mortality seems to decrease with the experience of operators. The CP significantly increases intra-pulmonary bacterial proliferation when the inoculation is low. A high inoculum neutralizes the effect of CP. These results suggest that enhanced prevention of micro-inhalation could be beneficial in cases of CP.