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Anesth Analg 2007;105:330-331
© 2007 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000270106.22502.e2

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIOLOGY

Isolation of the Right Upper-Lobe with a Left-Sided Double-Lumen Tube After Left-Pneumonectomy

Kevin J. Scholten, MD, Vivek Kulkarni, MD, and Jay B. Brodsky, MD

From the Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

Address correspondence to Dr. Jay Brodsky, MD, Department of Anesthesia, H3580, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305. Address e-mail to Jbrodsky{at}stanford.edu.

Abstract

A patient with a prior left pneumonectomy required surgical drainage of a right upper lobe aspergilloma. A left double-lumen endobronchial tube was placed in the right bronchus intermedius, isolating the right upper lobe while allowing ventilation of the right middle and lower lobes.






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