[Hypoxemia caused by retention of irrigation fluid to detect leaks from the lungs during subtotal esophagectomy].
We report a patient who developed hypoxemia caused by retention of irrigation fluid used to detect leaks from the lungs during subtotal esophagectomy. A 58-year-old man developed a sudden onset of hypoxemia with a decrease in tidal volume during subtotal esophagectomy. Chest X-ray revealed a homogeneous opacity of the left lung field, suggesting the presence of fluid in the pleural cavity on the left. The tidal volume and SpO2 increased after drainage of the fluid from the left pleural cavity. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the 16th postoperative day.
Department of Anesthesiology, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 814-0180.
Kenji
K
Tominaga
Shinjiro
S
Shono
Kazuo
K
Higa
Takanao
T
Hirai
Kiriko
K
Takahashi
Keiichi
K
Nitahara
D016629:Esophagectomy; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000009:adverse effects*