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.
Department of Anesthesia, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5, Fu-shin Street, Kweishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, ROC. hocy@adm.cgmh.org.tw
Chee-Yueh
CY
Angie Ho
Chun-Yu
CY
Chen
Min-Wen
MW
Yang
Hung-Ping
HP
Liu
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*