Robot-assisted thoracoscopic tracheal carina resection and reconstruction under spontaneous-ventilation anesthesia with a single-lumen endotracheal tube: case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic carina resection and reconstruction using non-intubated laryngeal mask airway with spontaneous ventilation has been reported. However, no cases have been described using a single-lumen endotracheal tube under spontaneous-ventilation anesthesia. We report a case of a patient who developed carinal malignancy two years after right middle and lower lobectomy for lung cancer. He underwent robot-assisted carina resection and reconstruction under spontaneous-ventilation anesthesia via single-lumen endotracheal intubation.

Case presentation

A 58-year-old male presented with a malignant tracheal carina tumor, complaining of bloody sputum and progressive dyspnea. Chest computed tomography (CT) and bronchoscopic biopsy confirmed squamous cell car

SUBMITTER: Lu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature