Right upper lobectomy in a patient with an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula after laryngectomy.
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.
Buchanan
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Department of Anaesthetics and Critical Care, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park Cardiff.
Vaughan
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Verdi
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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*