A 36-year-old woman suffered meningioma in her right cerebellopontine angle. Air embolisms often complicate sitting-position surgeries. Because TEE guides the localization of central venous catheters and promptly locates air embolisms promptly enough for effective treatment, TEE is an effective monitoring method for sitting-position surgeries.
Xin Ye, Ting Ma, Tianlong Wang, Mingfei Ge, Cairong Wang, Jing Gao, and Xiaohui Li.
Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Sci China Life Sci. 2010 Dec 1;53(12):1405-9.
AbstractA 36-year-old woman suffered meningioma in her right cerebellopontine angle. Air embolisms often complicate sitting-position surgeries. Because TEE guides the localization of central venous catheters and promptly locates air embolisms promptly enough for effective treatment, TEE is an effective monitoring method for sitting-position surgeries.