Open AccessAirway management in anesthesia for thoracic surgery: a “real life” observational study
Author(s) -
Nicola Langiano,
Silvia Fiorelli,
Cristian Deana,
Antonio Baroselli,
Elena Bignami,
Carola Matellon,
Livia Pompei,
Anna Tornaghi,
Federico Piccioni,
Remo Orsetti,
Cecilia Coccia,
Noemi Sacchi,
Rocco D’Andrea,
Luca Brazzi,
Carlo D. Franco,
Rosanna Accardo,
Antonio Di Fuccia,
Francesco Baldinelli,
Pasquale De Negri,
Angelo Gratarola,
Chiara Angeletti,
Francesco Pugliese,
Marco Valerio Micozzi,
Domenico Massullo,
Giorgio Della Rocca
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.57
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , cardiothoracic surgery , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , airway , surgery , physics , optics
One-lung ventilation (OLV) in thoracic anesthesia is required to provide good surgical exposure. OLV is commonly achieved through a double lumen tube (DLT) or a bronchial blocker (BB). Malposition is a relevant issue related to these devices use. No prospective studies with adequately large sample size have been performed to evaluate the malposition rate of DLTs and BBs.