Comparing the lung isolation efficacy of bronchial blocker positioning via electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy versus fiberoptic bronchoscopy: a randomized study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The inflated balloon of a bronchial blocker (BB) obstructs the mainstem bronchus, allowing controlled ventilation of one lung while collapsing the other for lung isolation during thoracic surgery. We compared the effects of lung isolation using electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB)-guided versus fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB)-guided BB placement to provide a novel BB positioning method for airway management during thoracic anesthesia.

Methods

We randomly divided 106 patients who underwent elective one-lung ventilation (OLV) with intraoperative ENB usage into ENB and FOB groups. We compared subjective lung collapse scores, time required for correct BB placement, incidence of BB malposition, and frequency of intraoperative BB repositioning with FOB between th

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635261 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature