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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:467
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Letter to the Editor |
a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
b Department of Anaesthesiology, Department of Biomedical Statistics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
c Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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We appreciate the comments of Dr Augoustides regarding our recent article1
and would like to point out the following issues in response to his considerations.
The placement of the thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) catheter at the day before surgical intervention was recommended based on study protocol to control any acute catheter-related complications. Fortunately, we did not have any neurological or respiratory complications in
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