Thyroid Gland Resection Clinical Trial
Official title:
Tele-Anesthesia - Trans-Continental Anesthesia Compared to Standard Practice
Patients in Pisa will undergo thyroid gland surgery. In the protocol group anesthesia will
be performed using an automated anesthesia delivery system; preoperative and intra-operative
assessment of patients will be performed via video-conferencing from Montreal, which will
also monitor and control anesthesia delivery via distant Internet connection - as
supervision of functioning of the automated anesthesia delivery system. In the control group
anesthesia will be performed in a standard fashion with manual control of the syringe pumps
infusing anesthetics drugs.
The hypothesis is that Tele-anesthesia, considered as preoperative assessment and anesthetic
control of an automated anesthesia delivery system is feasible and reliable via standard
means of internet communication (distant control via virtual network) and performed as well
or even better than manual control of the anesthetic drugs infusion.
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Time Perspective: Prospective