Bronchial blocker and double-lumen endotracheal tube combination to facilitate lung isolation during esophagectomy

Lung isolation is an essential anesthetic technique utilized in thoracic surgeries. We present a patient undergoing esophagectomy that developed an iatrogenic injury to the left mainstem bronchus that damaged the bronchial cuff of a left-sided double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLETT). A bronchial bloc...

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Main Authors: Hong Liang, Mathew Thomas, J Ross Renew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2022;volume=25;issue=2;spage=214;epage=216;aulast=Liang