title: Anesthetic management of a large mediastinal mass for tracheal stent placement.
abstract: The anesthetic management of patients with large mediastinal masses can be complicated due to the pressure effects of the mass on the airway or major vessels. We present the successful anesthetic management of a 64-year-old female with a large mediastinal mass that encroached on the great vessels and compressed the trachea. A tracheal stent was placed to relieve the tracheal compression under general anesthesia. Spontaneous ventilation was maintained during the perioperative period with the use of a classic laryngeal mask airway. We discuss the utility of laryngeal mask airway for anesthetic management of tracheal stenting in patients with mediastinal masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States. Electronic address: srajagop@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harbott
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, United States.
authors.forename: Venkata
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bandi
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Anestesia; Anesthetic management; Doenças do Mediastino; Laryngeal mask airway; Mediastinal mass; Máscaras laríngeas; Stents; Tracheal stent