Open AccessInability to Ventilate after Tube Exchange Postoperative to Pneumonectomy
Author(s) -
Stefan E. Verstraeten,
Albert H.M. van Straten,
H.H.M. Korsten,
E. W. G. Weber,
Pascal Wielders,
Eric Berreklouw
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6390
pISSN - 2090-6382
DOI - 10.1155/2012/801093
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , complication , surgery , bronchoscopy , lung
We report a case of inability to ventilate a patient after completion of pneumonectomy, due to migrated tumor tissue to the contralateral side. This represents an unusual complication with a high mortality rate. We have managed to find the cause in time and were able to remove the obstructive tissue using bronchoscopy.
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