One-lung ventilation with a bronchial blocker through a single-lumen endotracheal tube in a small woman: A case report.
- Author:
So Jin SEO
1
;
Tae Wan LIM
;
Il Soon SON
;
Jun Hyun KIM
;
Deok Mann HONG
;
Mae Hwa KANG
;
Yun Seok JEON
;
Jae Hyon BAHK
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. bahkjh@plaza.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bronchial blocker;
One-lung ventilation;
Small woman
- MeSH:
Aged;
Child;
Female;
Humans;
One-Lung Ventilation;
Ventilators, Mechanical;
Vocal Cords
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2010;5(2):130-134
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
One-lung ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube or a Univent(R) tube may be difficult or dangerous in small patients, children, and patients with anatomic abnormalities of the airway. The use of a bronchial blocker through a single-lumen endotracheal tube has been used successfully in such situations. A 69-year-old woman was scheduled for Ivor-Lewis operation and right upper lobectomy. She could not be intubated with a internal diameter 6.0 mm Univent(R) tube owing to narrow diameter of the vocal cord. We report a successful one-lung ventilation using a Uniblocker(R) through an adult-size single-lumen endotracheal tube in a small woman, who needed postoperative ventilator care.
