[Tracheal rupture in a patient intubated with a double-lumen endobronchial tube].
We report a case of tracheal rupture associated with use of a double-lumen endobronchial tube. The patient was a 58-year-old woman with metastatic carcinoma of the right upper lung lobe. Her trachea was intubated easily with a left-sided double-lumen endobronchial tube (Broncho-Cath, #35Fr). She underwent right upper lobectomy under general anesthesia using isoflurane (0.4-1.0%) and nitrous oxide (50%) in oxygen. When the lungs were inflated before closure of the chest, an air leak at the membranous part of the trachea was detected. A tracheal rupture, beginning 3 cm above the carina and 7 cm long, was noted at the membranous part of the trachea, and the cuff protruded partially from the ruptured trachea. The trachea was sutured, and a tracheostomy was carried out. Mechanisms of tracheal rupture related to double-lumen endobronchial tubes are discussed.
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University.
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Horie
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Ken-Mizaki
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D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012421:Rupture; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*