Continuous endobronchial suctioning for refractory post lobectomy lung atelectasis: a case report.

ABSTRACT: The presentation of post lung resection atelectasis can vary between simple atelectasis and total lung collapse i.e., "white - out", making its treatment demanding in many occasions. We herein present the technique of continuous suctioning of the right upper lobe (RUL) by positioning a suction catheter inside the right upper lobe bronchus (RULB) through a tracheostomy in a sedated patient. This technique was used in the case of a 70-year-old patient who underwent a complicated redo thoracotomy and right lower lobectomy for lung cancer after a previous middle lobectomy via double thoracotomy for similar pathology. He had a significant ankylosis spondylitis past medical history with bamboo spine treated with long term high doses of steroids and methotrexate. Post redo surgery he developed re

SUBMITTER: Kouritas V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246213 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature