The use of a bronchial blocker to rescue an ill-fitting double-lumen endotracheal tube.
Using certain specialized endotracheal tubes designed to allow single-lung ventilation for certain thoracic surgical procedures may be fraught with technical difficulties owing to common anatomic anomalies. This case report describes a simple solution for an ill-fitting right double-lumen endotracheal tube using a balloon-tipped catheter.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy