Double-lumen endotracheal tube intubation in difficult intubation-use the WuScope System: a case report.
Although not an absolute requirement in most cases, there are many anesthetic and surgical advantages for using a double-lumen tube during intrathoracic operations. It is almost impossible that double-lumen tube intubation by conventional methods in patients whose glottis can not be visualized by direct laryngoscopy. We describe the previously unreported method by using The WuScope System for double-lumen endotracheal tube intubation in a patient with acromegaly and difficult airway.
Cheng
K S
KS
Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Yang
M W
MW
Liu
H P
HP
Tan
P P
PP
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged