RUPTURE OF THE LEFT MAIN-STEM BRONCHUS BY THE TRACHEAL PORTION OF A DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE

Citation
T. Sakuragi et al., RUPTURE OF THE LEFT MAIN-STEM BRONCHUS BY THE TRACHEAL PORTION OF A DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 41(9), 1997, pp. 1218-1220
Citations number
10
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
ISSN journal
0001-5172
Volume
41
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1218 - 1220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5172(1997)41:9<1218:ROTLMB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report a rupture of the left main-stem bronchus following the inser tion of a left-sided double-lumen endobronchial tube in a 76-yr-old wo man with a short trachea. A fiberoptic bronchoscope was not used durin g the initial insertion of the tube and the depth of insertion resulte d in approximately 5 cm in excess of the optimal level for this patien t. The rupture had been caused by the tracheal portion of the double-l umen tube. This damage may have been avoided if a fiberoptic bronchosc ope was used routinely as an introducer and for positioning of the end obronchial tube under direct vision.