Esophagectomy epidural
At what level do you all usually place your thoracic epidurals for an esophagectomy? Using 0.0625% bupi what rate do you usually run it at? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: sevo00 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums

Esophageal nodal failure -
Hello. Looking for any input on this challenging case. 58 yo male, obese. neoadj chemo (carbo/taxol)-XRT (50.4 Gy total dose as 41.4 then boost gross disease) for cT3N0 GE junction adeno completed 7/2018. Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy 10/2018 with 4mm residual disease ypT1bN2 (4 nodes + out of 18 submitted). 1 year later (11/2018) on imaging he has a high level 4R mediastinal node look slightly larger. It is above his anastomosis (at carina) and above his prior radiation. It's hot on PET... Esophageal nodal failure - (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 1, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BobbyHeenan Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums