C-arm guided placement of Fogarty embolectomy catheter for one lung ventilation in an infant: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2008.55.2.241
- Author:
Joon Pyo JEON
1
;
Ou Kyoung KWON
;
Jae min LEE
;
Mee jung KIM
;
Hae Wone CHANG
;
Hue Jung PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. haewon7@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
C-arm;
Fogarty embolectomy catheter;
infant;
one lung ventilation
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Bronchi;
Catheters;
Embolectomy;
Fluoroscopy;
Foreign Bodies;
Humans;
Infant;
Lung;
One-Lung Ventilation;
Thoracotomy
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2008;55(2):241-243
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We experienced one lung anesthesia using Fogarty embolectomy catheter as a bronchial blocker in an infant undergoing thoracotomy for foreign body removal. For the guidance of catheter placement in left mainstem bronchus, C-arm fluoroscopy was used. Size of catheter and its balloon was decided beforehand by measuring the diameter and length of bronchus based on the view obtained from computerized tomography. There was no accidental episode during anesthesia. C-arm fluoroscopy is safe and useful method to decide the position of Fogarty occlusion catheter in an infant.