[Case report of using a connector (phycon TCB bronchial blocker) for pediatric one-lung anesthesia].
We report a case of using a connector (Phycon TCB Bronchial Blocker: Fuji Systems) in pediatric one-lung anesthesia. An eight-year-old boy with mid-mediastinal tumor was scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. After tracheal intubation with normal tracheal tube, we connected the connector and confirmed a 5 Fr Fogarty catheter through the tube under fiberoptic visualization. We were able to achieve one-lung ventilation. The operation was uneventful. This connecter is easy to fix and release the catheter. It is useful to modify the catheter position during one lung ventilation for pediatric patients.
Terada
Yoshihide
Y
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine, Yamanashi.
Matsukawa
Takashi
T
Takahashi
Kunihito
K
Sasuga
Motoi
M
Ohkawa
Iwao
I
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted