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. 2021 Oct;13(10):6037–6051. doi: 10.21037/jtd-21-940

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2021 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved.

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Peri-operative care for esophagectomy. The anesthesiologist is required to follow the patient throughout the entire peri-operative phase: during pre-operative evaluation, the patient is referred to the anesthesiologist for the optimization of their medical conditions; whereas intra-operatively their task is to provide the best evidence-based “protective anesthesia” in order to maximize post-operative recovery. After surgery, rapid return to normal life should be pursued. METs, metabolic equivalents; ECHO, echocardiography; NMT, neuromuscular transmission; HDU, high dependency unit.