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Anesthetic consideration for airway management of patients undergoing endoscopic fibrin glue treatment of tracheobronchial rupture: a case series of three patients

Authors: Vincenzo Pota, Pasquale Sansone, Alfonso Fiorelli, Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Mauro D’Amora, Paola Vosa, Elena Bignami, Maria Caterina Pace, Caterina Aurilio

Published in: Perioperative Medicine | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Tracheobronchial ruptures are very severe and life-threatening injuries. The origin of such airway damage is trauma or an iatrogenic event. Last year, we operated on three different cases of tracheal ruptures using endobronchial suture with three different airway management. We exposed the description of three different techniques to manage the airway during an endoscopic suture of tracheobronchial rupture with fibrin glue (laryngeal mask, orotracheal tube positioned distally the lesion, one lung ventilation with a small size single tube). Using this kind of technique, we have obtained a protective ventilation on tracheal rupture, a rapid healing, and fast recovery of spontaneous breathing.

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Title: Anesthetic consideration for airway management of patients undergoing endoscopic fibrin glue treatment of tracheobronchial rupture: a case series of three patients
Authors: Vincenzo Pota
Pasquale Sansone
Alfonso Fiorelli
Maria Beatrice Passavanti
Mauro D’Amora
Paola Vosa
Elena Bignami
Maria Caterina Pace
Caterina Aurilio
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Perioperative Medicine / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 2047-0525
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-018-0111-x

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