Bronchial Blocker and Double?Lumen Endotracheal Tube Combination to Facilitate Lung Isolation during Esophagectomy
Ann Card Anaesth
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2022 Jun; 25(2): 214-216
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ABSTRACT
Lung isolation is an essential anesthetic technique utilized in thoracic surgeries. We present a patient undergoing esophagectomy that developed an iatrogenic injury to the left mainstem bronchus that damaged the bronchial cuff of a left?sided double?lumen endotracheal tube (DLETT). A bronchial blocker (BB) was placed in the tracheal lumen of the DLETT as a rescue method to facilitate continued lung isolation. This unusual combination of a DLETT and a BB proved useful once the bronchial cuff was compromised and may serve as a viable solution to maintain lung isolation in similar circumstances
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Ann Card Anaesth
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2022
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