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Open Access 01-12-2023 | Pneumonectomy | Case Report

Case report of non-tracheal intubation—an alternative for postpneumonectomy patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection

Authors: Jingdan Deng, Zhiwen Zeng, Zizheng Zhang

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2023

Abstract

Background

Surgery on the contralateral or other lungs after pneumonectomy on one side is highly challenging and complex. It is critical to creating conditions for fluent surgical maneuvers while ensuring adequate ventilation for a patient during such an operation in the same chest cavity that appears incompatible.

Case presentation

We have reported herein the case of a patient who, following a left pneumonectomy, underwent a right upper pulmonary nodule wedge resection via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery without requiring endotracheal intubation. We managed ventilation with a laryngeal mask airway under general anesthesia combined with a thoracic epidural block. The diseased lobe collapsed well for the surgical procedure during VATS without hypoxia, after which the resection was safely performed.

Conclusions

Non-tracheal intubation anesthesia can be a potentially attractive alternative for patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection after pneumonectomy.

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Title: Case report of non-tracheal intubation—an alternative for postpneumonectomy patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection
Authors: Jingdan Deng
Zhiwen Zeng
Zizheng Zhang
Publication date: 01-12-2023
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Pneumonectomy
Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02386-z

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Springer Medicine

Case report of non-tracheal intubation—an alternative for postpneumonectomy patients undergoing contralateral pulmonary resection

Abstract

Background

Case presentation

Conclusions

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Background

Case presentation

Conclusions

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