[Combined use of the GlideScope and fiberoptic bronchoscope for tracheal intubation in a patient with difficult airway]. 2014

Takero Ara, and Gakushi Mori, and Eriko Adachi, and Takashi Asai, and Yasuhisa Okuda

We report a case of successful tracheal intubation of a double-lumen tube with combined use of a videolaryngoscope (GlideScope) and a fiberoptic bronchoscope, in a patient with difficult airway, in whom intubation using the GlideScope had failed. A 71-year-old man with lung cancer was scheduled for the middle lobe lobectomy under general anesthesia. Anesthesia was induced with propofol, fentanyl and sevoflurane, and after confirmation of adequate ventilation through a facemask, rocuronium was given. The GlideScope was inserted at first, but it was difficult to see the glottis (Cormack-Lehane classification III) and tracheal intubation of a 37 Fr double-lumen tube failed. While the GlideScope was in place to obtain a view near the glottis, a fiberoptic bronchoscope (passed through the double-lumen tube) was insertd into the trachea, and the tube was passed over the scope into the trachea. We believe that, when tracheal intubation of a double-lumen tube using a videolaryngoscope or fiberoptic bronchoscope is difficult, their combined use may be useful in a patient with difficult airway.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007442 Intubation, Intratracheal A procedure involving placement of a tube into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to provide a patient with oxygen and anesthesia. Intubation, Endotracheal,Endotracheal Intubation,Endotracheal Intubations,Intratracheal Intubation,Intratracheal Intubations,Intubations, Endotracheal,Intubations, Intratracheal
D008175 Lung Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the LUNG. Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008297 Male Males
D011013 Pneumonectomy The excision of lung tissue including partial or total lung lobectomy. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction,Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction,Lung Volume Reduction,Lung Volume Reduction Surgery,Partial Pneumonectomy,Partial Pneumonectomies,Pneumonectomies,Pneumonectomy, Partial,Reduction, Lung Volume,Volume Reduction, Lung
D005336 Fiber Optic Technology The technology of transmitting light over long distances through strands of glass or other transparent material. Fiber Optic Technologies,Optic Technologies, Fiber,Optic Technology, Fiber,Technologies, Fiber Optic,Technology, Fiber Optic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D020680 Bronchoscopes Endoscopes for the visualization of the interior of the bronchi. Bronchoscope
D020704 Laryngoscopes Endoscopes for examining the interior of the larynx. Laryngoscope
D020775 Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Endoscopic surgery of the pleural cavity performed with visualization via video transmission. Surgery, Thoracic, Video-Assisted,VATS,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgeries, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracic,Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic,Thoracic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracic Surgery, Video Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgeries, Video-Assisted,Thoracoscopic Surgery, Video-Assisted,VATSs,Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery,Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery,Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeries,Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgeries

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