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Fibreoptic bronchoscopy for tracheal and endobronchial intubation with a double-lumen tube

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia volume 34, pages 172–173 (1987)Cite this article

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Chez un malade cédulé pour thoracotomie, ľemploi ďun tube endotrachéal à double lumière fut jugé nécessaire par le chirurgien. A cause de certaines difficultés anatomiques ľintubation ne fut pas possible en employant les méthodes conventionnelles. Pour résoudre ce problème le bout proximal ďun tube à double lumière de calibre 37 fut raccourci permettant ľemploi du bronchoscope fibroptique de 4 mm de diamètre. Celui-ci fut introduit dans le larynx et le tube fut glissé et positionné correctement.

Le raccourcissement ďun tube à double lumière nous a permis ďemployer un bronchoscope fibroptique afin de permettre ľintubation trachéale chez un malade dont le larynx était difficile à visualiser.

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  1. Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

    Mark S. Shulman, Jay B. Brodsky & Paul R. Levesque

  2. Department of Anesthesia, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    Mark S. Shulman, Jay B. Brodsky & Paul R. Levesque

  3. Department of Anesthesia, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 736 Cambridge Street, 02135, Boston, MA

    Mark S. Shulman

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Shulman, M.S., Brodsky, J.B. & Levesque, P.R. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy for tracheal and endobronchial intubation with a double-lumen tube. Can J Anesth 34, 172–173 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03015340

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Key words

  • equipment
  • fibreoptic bronchoscope
  • double-lumen tube
  • complications
  • difficult intubation.