British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1995, Vol. 74, No. 4 461-463
© 1995 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
case-report |
Right upper lobectomy in a patient with an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula after laryngectomy
Department of Anaesthetics and Critical Care, University Hospital of Wales Heath Park Cardiff CF4 4XN
Llandough Hospital Penlan Road, Penarth, South Glamorgan
A patient with a tracheostomy and an iatrogenic tracheo-oesophageal fistula presented for diag nostic bronchoscopy and right upper lobectomy. The anaesthetic management is discussed with reference to the options available and, in particular, the use of a Brompton Pallister single lumen endobronchial tube.