title: [Anesthetic management for placement of tracheobronchial stents in patients with airway stenosis].
abstract: We report the anesthetic management for stents placement in patients with tracheobronchial stenosis. The subjects were 6 patients with lung cancer and one patient with tracheal invasion of esophageal cancer. Anesthesia was induced with propofol, fentanyl and vecuronium, and maintained with propofol and vecuronium. After intubation, tracheostomy was performed. The patients were kept apnic during insertion of stents. Three patients had dynamic stents inserted from tracheostomy site and one orally. Three patients had Dumon stents inserted orally, but the procedure in one patient was cancelled because her stent could not be placed at appropriate position. We recommend the anesthetic management through the tracheostomy site for the placement of Dumon tubes or dynamic stents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gamo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harigae
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005283:Fentanyl; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015742:Propofol; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014673:Vecuronium Bromide
chemical_list: D014673:Vecuronium Bromide; D005283:Fentanyl; D015742:Propofol