[Nasotracheal intubation using a fiberscope with a 32Fr blue line endobroncheal tube in a patient with micrognathism]

Masui. 2011 Apr;60(4):458-60.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for partial resection of the lung. The patient had micrognathism and a recent history of difficult airway management [difficult mask ventilation and intubation (Cormak grade III)]. On induction, mask ventilation was accomplished with the use of nasal airway. We initially inserted Airtraq laryngoscope and gained a view of Cormak grade III. Therefore, a 32 Fr left-sided Blue Line endobroncheal tube was nasotracheally intubated using a fiberscope (3.1-mm diameter). Nasotracheal intubation with a 32F Blue Line endobroncheal tube can be a choice for patients with difficult airway when one lung ventilation is required.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / methods*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / surgery
  • Micrognathism / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted