Treatment of atelectasis with selective bronchial suctioning. Use of a curved-tipped catheter with a guide mark.
We applied our technique of selective bronchial suctioning (SBS) for the treatment of atelectasis (AT) of middle and lower lobes; nine patients with refractory ATs were successfully treated. We considered that SBS using a curve-tipped catheter with a guide mark (CTCGM) is the technique of choice for the treatment of refractory AT when conventional respiratory therapy is not effective and a bronchoscopist is not available.
Kubota
Y
Y
Osaka Kohseinenkin Hospital, Japan.
Toyoda
Y
Y
Kubota
H
H
Asada
A
A
Sugiyama
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000628:therapy*; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods