Awake intubation and extraluminal use of Uniblocker for one-lung ventilation in a patient with a large mediastinal mass a case report

Abstract Background The anesthesia of patients with large mediastinal mass is at high-risk. Avoidance of general anesthesia in these patients is the safest option, if this is unavoidable, maintenance of spontaneous ventilation is the next safest technique. In these types of patients, it is not appli...

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Main Authors: Zhuo Liu, Qianqian Jia, Xiaochun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-020-01041-7