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Case report of non-tracheal intubation-an alternative for postpneumonectomy patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Surgery on the contralateral or other lungs after pneumonectomy on one side is highly challenging and complex. It is critical to creating conditions for fluent surgical maneuvers while ensuring adequate ventilation for a patient during such an operation in the same chest cavity that appears incompatible.Case presentation
We have reported herein the case of a patient who, following a left pneumonectomy, underwent a right upper pulmonary nodule wedge resection via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without requiring endotracheal intubation. We managed ventilation with a laryngeal mask airway under general anesthesia combined with a thoracic epidural block. The diseased lobe collapsed well for the surgical procedure during VATS without hypoxia, after which the resection was safely performed.Conclusions
Non-tracheal intubation anesthesia can be a potentially attractive alternative for patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection after pneumonectomy.
SUBMITTER: Deng J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Case report of non-tracheal intubation-an alternative for postpneumonectomy patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection.
Journal of cardiothoracic surgery 20231010 1
<h4>Background</h4>Surgery on the contralateral or other lungs after pneumonectomy on one side is highly challenging and complex. It is critical to creating conditions for fluent surgical maneuvers while ensuring adequate ventilation for a patient during such an operation in the same chest cavity that appears incompatible.<h4>Case presentation</h4>We have reported herein the case of a patient who, following a left pneumonectomy, underwent a right upper pulmonary nodule wedge resection via video- ...[more]