Isolation of the right upper-lobe with a left-sided double-lumen tube after left-pneumonectomy.
A patient with a prior left pneumonectomy required surgical drainage of a right upper lobe aspergilloma. A left double-lumen endobronchial tube was placed in the right bronchus intermedius, isolating the right upper lobe while allowing ventilation of the right middle and lower lobes.
Scholten
Kevin J
KJ
Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Kulkarni
Vivek
V
Brodsky
Jay B
JB
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*