title: Relief of bronchial obstruction using a Fogarty catheter in a patient with bronchomalacia.
abstract: Tracheobronchomalacia can be latent without showing any clinical manifestations and may be incidentally found during anesthesia. In such cases, hypoxia may occur during anesthesia. We experienced obstruction of the left main bronchus caused by bronchomalacia that was incidentally found during open-heart surgery in a 4-yr-old patient. We could not reopen the airway by routine techniques, such as positive pressure, and had great difficulty in weaning the patient from cardiopulmonary bypass. The use of a Fogarty catheter allowed the relief of airway obstruction and weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanino
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male