title: Right upper lobectomy in a patient with an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula after laryngectomy.
abstract: A patient with a tracheostomy and an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula presented for diagnostic bronchoscopy and right upper lobectomy. The anaesthetic management is discussed with reference to the options available and, in particular, the use of a Brompton Pallister single lumen endobronchial tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics and Critical Care, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park Cardiff.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Verdi
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications*