Thoracic and vascular

Every answer in Thoracic and vascular has these

• Open with the operation, its urgency and the lung, airway or vessel problem.
• Say how you will isolate, ventilate or clamp, with the pressure limits you will hold.
• Have the rescue ready before induction: drain, rigid scope, blood, bypass or ECMO.
• Finish with extubation, analgesia and where the patient goes afterwards.

The cases

1. Bullous emphysema for VATS lung volume reduction
2. Bronchopleural fistula with empyema after lobectomy
3. Anterior mediastinal mass with SVC obstruction for node biopsy Core
4. Massive haemoptysis for bronchial artery embolisationand 1 more patient
5. Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm for open repair
6. Ruptured AAA for emergency EVAR under local anaesthesia Core
7. Aortoiliac occlusion for aortobifemoral bypass with coronary disease Core
8. Symptomatic carotid stenosis for endarterectomy under cervical plexus block Core
9. Lung cancer for pneumonectomy: one-lung hypoxaemia and AF Core
10. Oesophageal cancer for Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy
11. Acute limb ischaemia from embolism for embolectomy