Anesth Pain Med.
2010 Apr;5(2):130-134.
One-lung ventilation with a bronchial blocker through a single-lumen endotracheal tube in a small woman: A case report
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. bahkjh@plaza.snu.ac.kr
Abstract
- One-lung ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube or a Univent(R) tube may be difficult or dangerous in small patients, children, and patients with anatomic abnormalities of the airway. The use of a bronchial blocker through a single-lumen endotracheal tube has been used successfully in such situations. A 69-year-old woman was scheduled for Ivor-Lewis operation and right upper lobectomy. She could not be intubated with a internal diameter 6.0 mm Univent(R) tube owing to narrow diameter of the vocal cord. We report a successful one-lung ventilation using a Uniblocker(R) through an adult-size single-lumen endotracheal tube in a small woman, who needed postoperative ventilator care.
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