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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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1/2024
vol. 21
 
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Letter to the Editor

Challenges and pitfalls in the perioperative management of mediastinal mass syndrome: an up-to-date review

Vasileios Leivaditis
1
,
Afroditi Pavlakou
2
,
Konstantinos Grapatsas
3
,
Francesk Mulita
4
,
Efstratios Koletsis
5
,
Athanasios Papatriantafyllou
1
,
Michail Galanis
6
,
Paraskevi F. Katsakiori
7
,
Konstantinos Skevis
8
,
Eleftherios Nikolaidis
9
,
Manfred Dahm
1
,
Konstantinos Tasios
4
,
Levan Tchabashvili
4
,
Benjamin Ehle
10
,
Nikolaos Baltayiannis
9

1.
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, WestpfalzKlinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2.
Department of Anesthesiology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
3.
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, University Medicine Essen – Ruhrland Clinic, Essen, Germany
4.
Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
5.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
6.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
7.
Health Centre of Akrata, Akrata, Greece
8.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Rhodes, Rhodes, Greece
9.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
10.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asklepios Lung Clinic Munich-Gauting, Gauting, Germany
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (1): 47-54
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.138581
Online publish date: 2024/03/30
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The perioperative management of patients undergoing mediastinal mass operations presents a persistent challenge across multiple clinical specialties. General anesthesia administration further increases the risk of perioperative cardiorespiratory decompensation. The interdisciplinary team plays a crucial role in ensuring a safe perioperative period. However, due to the rarity and variability of mediastinal mass syndromes, specific management protocols are lacking. This review aims to outline the multitude of challenges and pitfalls encountered during perioperative management in patients with the mediastinal mass syndrome. We describe diagnostic evaluation, preoperative optimization, intraoperative considerations, and postoperative care strategies, emphasizing the paramount significance of a multidisciplinary approach and personalized treatment plans. Preoperative multidisciplinary discussions, meticulous anesthetic management, and well-established protocols for emergency situations are pivotal to ensuring patient safety. Healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with mediastinal mass syndrome must grasp these challenges and pitfalls, enabling them to deliver safe and effective perioperative management.
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complications, anesthetic management, airway obstruction, perioperative management, pitfalls, mediastinal mass syndrome
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