title: A new method for separate lung ventilation.
abstract: Separate lung ventilation is obtained with selective intubation of the main bronchus by an appropriate cuffed tube inserted through a standard orotracheal tube. Ventilation is carried out separately through the bronchial tube on one side and the residual tracheal tube lumen on the other side. This method, used in 144 patients, greatly simplifies the technique of bronchial intubation and offers many advantages over commercially available double-lumen tubes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università di Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nazari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trazzi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moncalvo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carahella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellinzona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braschi
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Scaroni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mapelli
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D013990:Tidal Volume