[Thoracoscopy with continuous positive airway pressure and collapse of only the operated lobe].
We report a case of diagnostic thoracoscopy of a right lobe in a patient with left upper lobe atelectasis due to invasion by a bronchial tumor. We anticipated difficulty in maintaining the desired oxygenation while using the conventional strategy of collapsing the whole operated lung and ventilating only the opposite one. The solution was to apply continuous positive airway pressure to 2 right lobes while only collapsing the lobe to be biopsied.
Cortiñas Díaz
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Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Dolor, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. jcortinas@mundo-r.com
Rodríguez Pérez
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D001706:Biopsy; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D013906:Thoracoscopy