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Anaesthetic management during repair of tracheo‐oesophageal fistula
Author(s) -
CHAN C. S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb09506.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tracheal tube , left main bronchus , intubation , tracheal intubation , fistula , bronchus , surgery , anesthesia , lumen (anatomy) , bronchoscopy , respiratory disease , lung
Summary A flexible fibreoptic laryngoscope was used to facilitate the passage of a long polyvinyl chloride tracheal tube into the left main bronchus during repair of a tracheo‐oesophageal fistula situated near the carina in a patient in whom intubation with a double‐lumen endobronchial tube was difficult. Close monitoring of neuromuscular transmission using a peripheral nerve stimulator also contributed to the successful unaesthetic management of this patient.