title: [Bronchoscopic treatment for upper tracheal lesions with a laryngeal mask].
abstract: A laryngeal mask provides maintaining airway with a larger inner diameter of the tube. A little information is available about bronchoscopic treatment for upper tracheal lesions. Three patients undergoing bronchoscopic treatment for upper tracheal lesions with a laryngeal mask were reviewed. The patients include 3 women, having 2 thyroid cancers and 1 thyroid goiter. The aims of the procedure were hemostasis and reduction of the tumor with subsequent endotracheal stenting in 2 patients, and endotracheal stenting in one patient. The treatment was performed under general anesthesia using a laryngeal mask. All cases were successfully treated without operative and postoperative complications related to the use of the laryngeal mask placement. Use of a laryngeal mask may facilitate insertion and retrieval of a flexible bronchoscope and instruments with an excellent manipulation in therapeutic bronchoscopy for subglottic and upper tracheal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Medicine, Kamaishi Municipal Hospital, Kamaishi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishimori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery*; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome