Non-ventilated lung deflation during one-lung ventilation with a double-lumen endotracheal tube: a randomized-controlled trial of occluding the non-ventilated endobronchial lumen before pleural opening

ConclusionOperative lung deflation during OLV with a DL-ETT is faster when the operative lumen remains closed before pleural opening thus preventing it from entraining ambient air during the closed chest phase of OLV.Trial registrationwww.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03508050); registered 27 September 2017.
Source: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research