Diverticulum of Kommerell: a review of a series and a report of a case with tracheal deviation compromising single lung ventilation.
Birth defects can affect the great vessels of the aorta and its branches, compressing the upper airway and the swallowing track. Surgical repair of these defects requires manipulating the airway to improve surgical exposure. This is a report of a series of cases with compromised airway resulting from such a birth defect and methods of its management.
Mossad
Emad
E
Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. mossade@ccf.org
Farid
Ibrahim
I
Youssef
George
G
Ando
Makoto
M
D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities*