Download or read book Awake Thoracic Surgery written by Eugenio Pompeo and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awake thoracic surgery is a new surgical field that is set to expand in the near future. Employing sole epidural or local anaesthesia in fully awake patients renders many thoracic surgical procedures doable with less invasiveness and general anaesthesia r