Airway obstruction by dislodgement of an endobronchial tumor fragment during right lung lobectomy using a bronchial blocker: A case report.
- Author:
Jae Hee WOO
1
;
Guie Yong LEE
;
Rack Kyung CHUNG
;
Youn Jin KIM
;
Chi Hyo KIM
;
Dong Yeon KIM
;
Kwan Chang KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. lgyanes@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Airway obstruction;
Lung surgery;
Univent tube
- MeSH:
Airway Obstruction;
Anoxia;
Biopsy;
Bronchi;
Humans;
Lung;
Surgical Instruments
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2011;6(4):342-344
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Dislodgement of tumor fragment with airway obstruction in a dependent bronchus can be a cause of severe hypoxemia, which is a rare but very serious complication of lung surgery. We describe a case of airway obstruction following deflation of a balloon of a bronchial blocker of a Univent tube during right bilobectomy. Following reintubation with a single lumen tube, the patient was simultaneously extubated with the biopsy forceps holding the mass. This report underlines that anesthesiologist should be alert to a possibility of airway obstruction following deflation a balloon of a bronchial blocker.
