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Paediatric selective bronchial blocker
Author(s) -
LIN YUANCHI,
HACKEL ALVIN
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1994.tb00414.x
Subject(s) - medicine , left main bronchus , tracheal tube , bronchus , catheter , ventilation (architecture) , endotracheal tube , lumen (anatomy) , oxygenation , tube (container) , surgery , anesthesia , lung , bronchoscopy , airway , respiratory disease , intubation , mechanical engineering , engineering
Optimal conditions for pulmonary lobectomy requires the use of a ventilation system which allows the collapse of the ipsilateral lung. In infants and small children, a double lumen tracheal tube cannot be used because an appropriately sized tube is not widely available. We report the successful use of a tracheal tube, along which a Fogarty arterial catheter was passed and inflated in a mainstem bronchus, thus providing adequate ventilation and oxygenation as well as optimal surgical conditions for a left lower lobe lobectomy.