Postoperative Care in Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Mert Sentürk received his medical degree from Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University and started his training in Anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology in the same school. He spent 10 months of his training in the Department of Anesthesiology of the Medical Faculty of Ludwig-Maximillian University in Munich, Germany; he graduated in 1995 and started to work as a staff member in the same department. During this period he spent 2 months in the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg-Rohrbach and 2 months in the Department of Anesthesiology of the Medical Faculty of Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University.Dr. Şentürk has published 34 peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals, co-authored three book chapters, and given numerous invited lectures at national and international level. Besides thoracic anesthesia, he is interested in anesthesia in peripheral vascular surgery and regional anesthesia. He is also active in fellow and resident education and takes part as a lecturer in educational programs of the Turkish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care.

“This book discusses the various aspects of managing thoracic surgery patients ranging from immediate PACU care to the unique complications and challenges that thoracic patients pose. … This book seems most suitable for a residency and fellowship audience. … an ideal resource for thoracic surgery nurse practitioners and medical students as well. … This is a good overview and instruction for managing all manner of postsurgical thoracic patients.” (Carmen Tugulan, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2017)

• What happens to the lung during mechanical ventilation and one-lung ventilation?.- Where should I send my patient after the operation?.- Does it matter, how I ventilate the patient during the operation?.- Can the “postoperative pulmonary complications” (PPC) be objectively evaluated?.- Fluid management during and after the operation: Less is more or more is less?.- How to organize the PACU/ How to treat in PACU.- Should I blame the surgeon: Surgical complications and surgical treatment of the complications.- Should every “myasthenic thymectomy” be sent to ICU?.- How about esophagectomies?.- Do the “new” devices of monitoring and USG make sense compared to the “classical" ones?.- What is different in postop MV after thoracic surgery?.- Pro’s & Con's of non-invasive ventilation after thoracic surgery.- Extracorporeal lung support: Also after thoracic surgery?.- Pneumonia after thoracic surgery: infectious / ventilatory induced / any other reason?.- When and how do I have to treat thearrhythmia’s after thoracic surgery?.- DVT-PE prophylaxy and patient using anticoagulants: a challenge?.- Pain after thoracic surgery: Why is it so bad?.- Rehabilitation for thoracic surgical patients: why and how.