Open AccessUse of Fogarty catheter as bronchial blocker for lung isolation in children undergoing thoracic surgery: A single centre experience of 15 cases
Author(s) -
Bikram Kishore Behera,
Satyajeet Misra,
Manoj Kumar Mohanty,
Bikasha Bihary Tripathy
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_219_20
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , catheter , lung , bronchoscopy , cardiothoracic surgery , airway , retrospective cohort study , anesthesia
Various devices such as single lumen tubes, balloon-tipped bronchial blockers, and double-lumen tubes can be used for lung isolation in children, but no particular device is ideal. As such, there is a wide variation in lung isolation techniques employed by anaesthesiologists in this cohort of patients. This study aims to describe our experience with Fogarty catheters for lung isolation in children.