| One-Lung Ventilation Using a Fogarty Catheter in a Patient with Tracheostomy after Pharyngectomy and Laryngectomy: A case report. |
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Eun Mi Choi, Kyung Seon Bang, Il Suk Kim, Seung Won Jung, Young Jun Yoon, Keun Man Shin |
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. kmshin1@yahoo.co.kr |
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| Abstract |
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One lung ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube or Univent tube may be achieved difficultly or dangerously in some patient such as young age, anatomic anomaly, low body weight and tracheostomy patient. Bronchial blocker with a Fogarty catheter has been used successfully for such situations. Here, we reported the clinical experience in using a Fogarty embolectomy catheter as a bronchial blocker in patient with tracheostomy after pharyngectomy and laryngectomy. The patient was received left upper lobectomy with thoracotomy due to metastatic lung cancer. |
| Key Words:
Fogarty embolectomy catheter; one lung ventilation; tracheostomy |
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