Unusual case of difficult double-lumen endotracheal tube removal

Unusual case of difficult double-lumen endotracheal tube removal

A reusable Robertshaw red rubber double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) was placed to facilitate lung isolation for thoracoscopy in a 49-year-old atopic patient. In spite of its smooth insertion, it was then not possible to remove the DLT. Direct laryngoscopy showed severe laryngeal edema. After 48 ho...

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Main Author: Yammine, Joseph N. (author)
Other Authors: Yazbek-Karam, Vanda G. (author), Haswani, Roula W. (author), Karam, Hoda S. (author), Haddad, Walid M. (author), Youssef, Pierre S. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/10525
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.10.017
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952818009002177#!
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http://hdl.handle.net/10725/10525
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.10.017
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952818009002177#!

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