[Experience using a transcutaneous pO2 measuring technic in the early postoperative phase following thoracotomy].

Early postoperative transcutaneous pO2 measurements as well as complex blood gas analyses were done in patients undergoing chest surgery. The non-invasive transcutaneous measurement-technique increases the safety of the postoperative treatment and permits early recognition of respiratory insufficiency. Controls of arterial pO2 are required only in greater intervals.