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CRITICAL CARE AND TRAUMA

Endobrochial Blockade Through a Tracheostomy Tube for Lung Isolation

George Vretzakis, MD, PhD^*, Elena Theodorou, MD^*, and Dimitrios Mikroulis, MD, PhD

From the *Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece; and Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Elena Theodorou, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece. Address e-mail to man.lena{at}g.mail.com.

We present an alternative technique for one-lung ventilation as safe way of treating patients with tracheostomy using a fiberoptic bronchoscope and a Fogarty catheter.

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999