One Lung Ventilation Using a Fastrach Endotracheal Tube in a Patient With Laryngectomy

We report the successful airway management in a post-laryngectomy patient with a permanent tracheostoma and a short carina-stoma distance who underwent open left thoracotomy using a fiberoptically directed Fastrach wire-reinforced silicone reusable endotracheal tube ([ETT]; Teleflex, Westmeath, Ireland) to achieve one-lung ventilation (OLV). The patient's family reviewed the case and gave a written permission to publish this report and subsequently all the images.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research