BRONCHIAL TUBE AND BLOCKER

Blind endobronchial insertion of a movable bronchial blocker attached to an endotracheal tube, Univent tube.

The endotracheal tube with a movable bronchial blocker, Univent tube, used to effect one-lung ventilation is easy to use in endotracheal intubation. However, problems are often encountered when inserting the blocker into the bronchus. We herein describe a method which enables the easy blind insertion of the blocker into the left or right bronchus. The techniques of inserting the blocker into th...

Bronchus tube and bronchus blocker.

The Papworth BiVent tube: a feasibility study of a novel double-lumen endotracheal tube and bronchial blocker in human cadavers.

BACKGROUND A novel double-lumen endotracheal tube, the Papworth BiVent tube, has been designed to allow the rapid passage of a blocker into either main bronchus, without fibreoptic endoscopic guidance. METHODS The feasibility of lung isolation and one-lung ventilation (OLV) in human cadavers is examined, along with displacement of the bronchus blocker during head and neck movement. RESULTS ...

Comparison of a modified double-lumen endotracheal tube with a single-lumen tube with enclosed bronchial blocker.

This study compared the modified BronchoCath double-lumen endotracheal tube with the Univent bronchial blocker to determine whether there were objective advantages of one over the other during anesthesia with one-lung ventilation (OLV). Forty patients having either thoracic or esophageal procedures were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Twenty patients received a left-side modified Bronch...

Temporary solution for one lung ventilation with isolated bronchial blocker of Univent® tube

Corresponding author: Junyong In, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, 814, Siksadong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang 410-773, Korea. Tel: 82-31-961-7875, Fax: 82-31-961-7864, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/lice...