title: Alternative methods of lung isolation in cases of pediatric bilateral thoracoscopic surgery.
abstract: We compare airway management and lung isolation methods in two pediatric cases of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome undergoing bilateral throacoscopic phrenic-nerve-stimulator surgery. One child received lung isolation using a 7Fr bronchial blocker in conjunction with a 6.0 cuffed endotracheal tube; and the second received a technique of endobronchial intubation using a 3.5 microcuffed tube via the tracheostomy stoma in conjunction with 5.0 cuffed endotracheal intubation; a technique previously undescribed in pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Anaesthetic Department, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wigginton
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lehrian
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: 
  CCHS
  ; airway management; anesthesia; one-lung ventilation; pediatrics