Isolation of the right upper-lobe with a left-sided double-lumen tube after left-pneumonectomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient with a prior left pneumonectomy required surgical drainage of a right upper lobe aspergilloma. A left double-lumen endobronchial tube was placed in the right bronchus intermedius, isolating the right upper lobe while allowing ventilation of the right middle and lower lobes.
Medical subject headings
- Drainage
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Pneumonectomy
- Postoperative Complications