Successful one-lung ventilation in a patient with aberrant tracheal bronchus.

Lee, Hui-Ling; Ho, Angie C Y; Cheng, Robin K S; Shyr, Ming-Hwang · Anesth Analg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a 47-yr-old patient who underwent surgery for esophageal cancer. Because of the isolated ventilation of the right upper lobe after occlusion of the right mainstem bronchus, bronchoscopic re-confirmation exposed an aberrant tracheal bronchus. A Fogarty tube was introduced to block the tracheal bronchus and provide one-lung ventilation.

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