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Selective bronchial intubation for one lung anaesthesia in thoracic surgery
Author(s) -
NAZARI S.,
TRAZZI R.,
MONCALVO F.,
ZONTA A.,
CAMPANI M.
Publication year - 1986
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.1365-2044.1986.tb13278.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , bronchus , cardiothoracic surgery , anesthesia , tube (container) , lung , lumen (anatomy) , ventilation (architecture) , surgery , lung ventilation , tracheal tube , tracheal intubation , respiratory disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary Anew method for one lung anaesthesia in thoracic surgery is described. Separate lung ventilation is obtained with selective main bronchus intubation. by means of an appropriate cuffed tube inserted through a standard orotracheal tube. Ventilation is carried out separately through the bronchial tube on one side and the residual tracheal tube lumen on the other side. This method greatly simplifies the technique of bronchial intubation and offers many advantages over commercially available double–lumen tubes.