Is there any benefit in using awake anesthesia with thoracic epidural in thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis?

Is there any benefit in using awake anesthesia with thoracic epidural in thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis?

Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Volume 146, Issue 2, August 2013, Pages 495-497.e1

Eugenio MD, Mario MD, Awake Thoracic Surgery Research Group Awake Thoracic Surgery Research Group,