Effect of the operation and general anesthesia on transcapillary exchange of fluid in the lungs during thoracic surgery

: The influence of operation factors and general anesthesia on transcapillary exchange of liquid in the lungs was studied in 48 patients after thoracal interventions, and in 8 patients after general surgical treatment. It was found that operations on the lungs unlike general surgical procedures are characterized by the accumulation of liquid in the pulmonary interstitial tissue especially after extensive resections of lung tissue and during massive infusion-transfusion therapy. This process is influenced by the kind of general anesthesia: transcranial electroanalgesia is followed by less shifts of the transcapillary pulmonary exchange of liquid than fluoroxene narcosis.