Use of the Arndt wire-guided endobronchial blocker via nasal for one-lung ventilation in patient with anticipated restricted mouth opening for esophagectomy.
Functional separation of the lungs may be accomplished by several methods. Patient with restricted mouth opening has limited options for one-lung ventilation. We report the use of wire-guided endobronchial blockade, a new tool for achieving one-lung ventilation in a patient with restricted mouth opening requiring nasotracheal, fiberoptic intubation for esophagectomy and reconstruction with gastric tube substitution.
Angie Ho
Chee-Yueh
CY
Department of Anesthesia, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5, Fu-shin Street, Kweishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, ROC. hocy@adm.cgmh.org.tw
Chen
Chun-Yu
CY
Yang
Min-Wen
MW
Liu
Hung-Ping
HP
D000368:Aged; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*