The successful management of thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation in a compromised infant with targeted lobar deflation.
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.
Takahashi
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Departments of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Postgraduate Medical School, Sendai, Japan. m-takaha@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp
Kurokawa
Y
Y
Toyama
H
H
Hasegawa
R
R
Hashimoto
Y
Y
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