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Subcostal Specimen Removal in Completely Portal Robotic Lobectomy
Published on: April 19, 2024
Ventilation failure after lateral jackknife positioning for robot-assisted lung cancer surgery in a patient after
Izumi Kawagoe1,2, Masakazu Hayashida3, Daizoh Satoh4
1Division of General Thoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ikawago@juntendo.ac.jp.
Background:
Ventilation failure commonly occurs when a standard left-sided double-lumen tube is used in patients after left upper lobectomy having remarkable angulation of the left main bronchus. We present a female without remarkable angulation, in whom ventilation failure occurred after lateral jackknife positioning.
Case Presentation:
A 73-year-old female after lingula-sparing left upper lobectomy without remarkable angulation was scheduled for robot-assisted right upper lobectomy. Ventilation failure with a standard left-sided double-lumen tube occurred when she was placed not in the lateral position but in the lateral jackknife position required for robotic surgery. After replacement by the Silbroncho® left-sided double-lumen tube, adequate one-lung ventilation became possible.
Conclusions:
Ventilation failure with a standard tube may occur more easily when patients with bronchial angulation are placed in the lateral jackknife than lateral position due to posture-induced exacerbations of bronchial angulation. The Silbroncho® tube seems useful in such situations.
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