Laryngeal Mask Airway in Patient with T-Tube Tracheal Stent who are Undergoing Non-Airway Related Surgery -A case report-.
10.4097/kjae.2005.48.4.420
- Author:
Jin Yong CHUNG
1
;
Kwi Chu SEO
;
Jun Seog LEE
;
Woon Seok ROH
;
Bong Il KIM
;
Soung Kyung CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. usno@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
equipment;
laryngeal mask airway;
T-tube;
tracheal stent
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anesthesia, General;
Female;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Intubation, Intratracheal;
Laryngeal Masks*;
Stents*;
Ventilation;
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2005;48(4):420-423
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Some patient with T-tube tracheal stent may need to be anesthetized to be performed the non-airway related surgery. Without removal of the stent, general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation in these patents may cause serious complications, such as stent dislodgement, bleeding and breakage of stent. We describe a 43-year-old woman with a T-tube stent in situ, who was anesthetized using Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) for her ventriculo-peritoneal shunt operation. We occluded the top end of the LMA, thus employed it as a means of upper airway occlusion, while ventilation continued via the extratracheal portion of the T-tube stent, without any complications.
