Incidental finding of tracheal bronchus complicating the anesthetic management of a left video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure

Incidental finding of tracheal bronchus complicating the anesthetic management of a left video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure

Congenital abnormalities of the large airways are uncommon, but may occasionally pose significant difficulties for anesthesiologists. The tracheal bronchus is an anatomical variant in which an accessory bronchus originates directly from the trachea rather than distal to the carina, as a takeoff from...

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Main Authors: Shvetank Agarwal, Mark A Banks, Sanjeev Dalela, William B Bates, Manuel R Castresana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Subjects:
Aberrant tracheal anatomy
lung isolation
one lung ventilation tracheal bronchus
Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2016;volume=32;issue=1;spage=106;epage=108;aulast=Agarwal

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