title: [Differential lung ventilation using laryngeal mask airway and a bronchial blocker tube for a patient with unanticipated difficult intubation].
abstract: We experienced differential lung ventilation using laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and a bronchial blocker tube for a patient with unanticipated difficult intubation. A 27-year-old man was diagnosed as the left spontaneous pneumothorax and scheduled for bulla excision with video-assisted thoracic surgery. Because of failure in tracheal intubation of the usual double lumen tube, we inserted LMAProseal #4 and accomplished differential lung ventilation using a bronchial blocker tube through LMA. This method will be effective in differential lung ventilation of the patient with difficult airway.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano 380-8582.
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Tsuchihashi
authors: Soichiro
authors: S
authors: Ide
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Nakagawa
authors: Norimasa
authors: N
authors: Hishinuma
authors: Takehiro
authors: T
authors: Takano
authors: Masaaki
authors: M
authors: Nishizawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000601:surgery*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted