Korean J Anesthesiol.  2005 Jun;48(6):663-665. 10.4097/kjae.2005.48.6.663.

Anesthetic Experience in Thorocoscopic Cryosurgery for Metastatic Lung Cancer: A case report

• Min SH
• Lim CH
• Kim JY
• Lee HW
• Lim HJ
• Yoon SM
• Chang SH

• KMID: 2238930
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2005.48.6.663

Abstract

Cryosurgery has been used to treat various nonresectable tumors, and although it is known to have great safety, and minimal morbidity, and mortality, we experienced unexpected hypothermia during thoracoscopic cryosurgery for metastatic lung cancer. Even though arrythmia and coagulopathy were absent in our case, it is possible to experience such complications in cases of long duration cryosurgery. We report out experience and include a brief discussion of the issues involved.

Keyword

cryosurgery; hypothermia; lung

MeSH Terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Cryosurgery*
Hypothermia
Lung Neoplasms*
Lung*
Mortality