A Sauerbruch chamber, is a hermetically sealed chamber where surgical operations of the thorax are carried out, preventing complication by elevating or reducing air pressure.   History Until the beginning of the twentieth century Thoracic surgery did not seem possible because a reduced-pressure-atmosphere prevails in the body cavity, hence the lungs collapse when the body cavity is opened resulting in Pneumothorax , causing death. Surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch realized this problem, concluding that altered external pressure might render Thoracic surgery possible. He issued the construction of a glass-chamber for experiments. Function In the Sauerbruch Chamber the patient's head is elided, sticking out of the glass-chamber. The surgical team works inside the chamber that hermetically seales the body of the patient. To start the operation on the thorax a vacuum of 1/10 Bar is generated, preventing the patient's lungs from colapsing upon opening the thorax. Replacement Since the introduction of tracheal intubation, this effect is achieved by positive pressure ventilation. In the treatment of esophagus cancer, tumors of the mediastinum, or lung tumors, an overpressure in the ventilation of the operated is generated, a process which is more practical and more successful.
A Sauerbruch chamber, is a hermetically sealed chamber where surgical operations of the thorax are carried out, preventing complication by elevating or reducing air pressure. It was developed by the German surgrion Ferdinand Sauerbruch and first used in 1904. In the Sauerbruch chamber the patient's head is elided, sticking out of the glass-chamber. The surgical team works inside the chamber that hermetically seals the body of the patient. To start the operation on the thorax a vacuum of 1/10 Bar is generated in the chamber, preventing the patient's lungs from collapsing upon opening the thorax. History Until the beginning of the twentieth century thoracic surgery did not seem possible because a reduced-pressure-atmosphere prevails in the body cavity, hence the lungs collapse when the body cavity is opened resulting in pneumothorax , causing death. Surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch realized this problem, concluding that altered external pressure might render thoracic surgery possible. He issued the construction of a glass-chamber for experiments. Replacement Since the introduction of tracheal intubation, the effect of the Saucherbruch chamber is achieved by positive pressure ventilation. In the treatment of esophagus cancer, tumors of the mediastinum, or lung tumors, an overpressure in the ventilation of the operated is generated, a process which is more practical and more successful.
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It was developed by the German surgrion Ferdinand Sauerbruch and first used in 1904.
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In the Sauerbruch chamber the patient's head is elided, sticking out of the glass-chamber. The surgical team works inside the chamber that hermetically seals the body of the patient. To start the operation on the thorax a vacuum of 1/10 Bar is generated in the chamber, preventing the patient's lungs from collapsing upon opening the thorax.
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In the Sauerbruch Chamber the patient's head is elided, sticking out of the glass-chamber. The surgical team works inside the chamber that hermetically seales the body of the patient. To start the operation on the thorax a vacuum of 1/10 Bar is generated, preventing the patient's lungs from colapsing upon opening the thorax.
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the effect of the Saucherbruch chamber