Anesthesiology Management in Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic surgery is defined as any operation involving the lungs and trachea, which are important organs for life support. During thoracic surgery, anesthesiologists oversee anesthesia and respiratory management. Thus, anesthesiologists play an important role in thoracic surgery, for which they require advanced and specialized skills. In this paper, I discuss the knowledge and techniques necessary for general anesthesia management such as one-lung ventilation, respiratory management, and selection of analgesic methods, while providing a report of the literature on previous self-study cases. This paper will help younger anesthesiologists understand the anesthesiology required for thoracic surgery.