One lung ventilation in a patient with tracheostomy

One-Lung Ventilation in a Patient with a Fresh Tracheostomy – A Case Report

After drainage of cervical abscesses, the tracheostomy was performed. For one-lung ventilation a wire guided endobronchial blocker (Arndt Blocker) was electively placed through the cannula of the fresh tracheostomy. The patient was submitted to one lung ventilation for 5 hours. Some episodes of hypoxemia required intermittent two lungs ventilation under 100% FiO2. The surgery lasted eight hours...

use of two endotracheal tubes to perform lung isolation and one-lung ventilation in a patient with tracheostomy stenosis: a case report

conclusions this report presents a new method for lung isolation in specific cases and in the absence of certain equipment. case presentation a 41-year-old woman with a history of pharyngo-laryngo-oesophagectomy (plo) and tracheostomy was a candidate for thoracic duct ligation because of chylothorax. since the patient had tracheostmy stomal stenosis, two cuffed tracheal tubes (internal diameter...

One-lung ventilation via tracheostomy and left endobronchial microlaryngeal tube.

Clinical experience of one lung ventilation using an endobronchial blocker in a patient with permanent tracheostomy after total laryngectomy

Corresponding author: Hyun Kyoung Lim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inha University Hospital, 7-206, Sinheungdong 3-ga, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-711, Korea. Tel: 82-32-890-3968, Fax: 82-32-881-2475, 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/lic...

Use of two Endotracheal Tubes to Perform Lung Isolation and One-Lung Ventilation in a Patient With Tracheostomy Stenosis: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION Lung isolation is a common technique used in thoracic surgery to prevent spillage to unaffected lung and to provide a better view for the surgeon. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old woman with a history of pharyngo-laryngo-oesophagectomy (PLO) and tracheostomy was a candidate for thoracic duct ligation because of chylothorax. Since the patient had tracheostmy stomal stenosis, two cu...