title: The successful management of thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation in a compromised infant with targeted lobar deflation.
abstract: We describe the successful management of thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation in a 2.5-kg compromised infant by using selective lobar-bronchial blockade. The technique reduces the risk of intraprocedural physiologic impairment, allowing the benefits of otherwise minimally invasive thoracoscopic procedures, even when the conditions of children are severely compromised.
authors: Departments of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Postgraduate Medical School, Sendai, Japan. m-takaha@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Takahashi
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kurokawa
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Toyama
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Hasegawa
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D002916:Chylothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008026:Ligation; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures