Anesthetic considerations for tracheobronchial surgery

Journal of Thoracic Disease
Anna Schleicher, Harald Groeben

Abstract

Tracheobronchial pathology can be related to trauma, infection, tumor, or a combination of these. Per definition, planning for tracheobronchial surgery can be complicated by the overlap of anesthesiological interests in airway management and the primary surgical field. Therefore, following a detailed description of the stenosis, management of tracheobronchial surgery requires an interdisciplinary discussion and individualized planning of the procedure. There are several options for intraoperative ventilation depending on the exact localization of the defect. Hence, different tubes and ventilation techniques from cross-field ventilation, to jet ventilation, or even spontaneous breathing under regional anesthesia, have to be discussed. Moreover, an innovative ventilation mode called flow-controlled ventilation (FVC) has been developed, which allows to apply standard tidal volumes through a narrow-bore endotracheal tube. In addition, the Ventrain has been developed as an emergency device following the same technique of an active expiration based on the Venturi principle and a controlled gas flow. In critical situations, it allows even ventilation through the working channel of a bronchoscope. Overall, tracheobronchial surgery is p...Continue Reading

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