Abstract
Prioritisation of individual patients for thoracic surgeries gained importance during the current COVID-19 pandemic to ensure optimal utilisation of resources. We report a 76-year-old-male patient who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman, 2020, with bilateral pulmonary metastasis. The patient underwent an urgent pulmonary metastasectomy with successful anaesthesia management in an elderly patient despite him testing positive for COVID-19 twice via real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. At the 3-month follow-up some pulmonary abnormalities persisted but the patient was recovering well. This report discusses the rationale to perform surgery in this case and highlights the precautions taken for reducing aerosol generation during the various stages of anaesthesia.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(4), 578-582
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Naabi, M. J., Maddali, M. M., Al Aliyani, K. R., & Al-Balushi, A. (2025). Anaesthetic Management of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient Infected with Novel Corona Virus SARS-CoV-2. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(4), 578-582. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137
MLA 9
Al-Naabi, Mohammed J., et al. "Anaesthetic Management of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient Infected with Novel Corona Virus SARS-CoV-2." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, 2025, pp. 578-582. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Naabi, Mohammed J., Madan M. Maddali, Karima RS Al Aliyani, and Ahmed Al-Balushi. 2025. "Anaesthetic Management of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient Infected with Novel Corona Virus SARS-CoV-2." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 22 (4): 578-582. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137.
Harvard
Al-Naabi, M. J., Maddali, M. M., Al Aliyani, K. R. and Al-Balushi, A. (2025) 'Anaesthetic Management of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient Infected with Novel Corona Virus SARS-CoV-2', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(4), pp. 578-582. doi:10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137.
Vancouver
Al-Naabi MJ, Maddali MM, Al Aliyani KR, Al-Balushi A. Anaesthetic Management of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient Infected with Novel Corona Virus SARS-CoV-2. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;22(4):578-582. doi:10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137
IEEE
M. J. Al-Naabi, M. M. Maddali, K. R. Al Aliyani, and A. Al-Balushi, "Anaesthetic Management of Pulmonary Metastasectomy in a Patient Infected with Novel Corona Virus SARS-CoV-2," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 578-582, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.9.2021.137.