Placement of a double lumen tube in a patient with difficult

Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Feb 2011

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Placement of a double lumen tube in a patient with difficult intubation due to ankylosing spondylitis--a case report.

During insertion of the double lumen tube in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, cervical neutral position should be maintained to avoid vertebral and spinal injuries. Although flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic intubation is the gold standard, available FOB size is not compatible with that of the endobronchial lumen of the double lumen tube. This problem should be solved according to institutional capabilities. In this report we present a case of insertion of double lumen tube in neutral position using flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope and airway exchanger catheter in a thoracotomy patient with extremely limited neck mobility due to ankylosing spondylitis.

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- Lale Karabiyik, Emine Altinay, and Nurdan Bedirli.
- Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, 06500-Ankara, Turkey. lalekarabiyik@yahoo.com
- Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2011 Feb 1; 21 (1): 135-8.
AbstractDuring insertion of the double lumen tube in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, cervical neutral position should be maintained to avoid vertebral and spinal injuries. Although flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic intubation is the gold standard, available FOB size is not compatible with that of the endobronchial lumen of the double lumen tube. This problem should be solved according to institutional capabilities. In this report we present a case of insertion of double lumen tube in neutral position using flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope and airway exchanger catheter in a thoracotomy patient with extremely limited neck mobility due to ankylosing spondylitis.

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