Selective lobar blockade with a Coopdech blocker combined with a double-lumen endotracheal tube for lung metastases resection by laser

A new strategy in lung/lobe isolation in patients with a lung abscess or a previous lung resection using double lumen tubes combined with bronchial blockers

“…In these patients, a combined use of a DLT and a BB can avoid the almost unavoidable hypoxemia and it allows the surgery to be done. [ 1 2 3 ] In these situations the selective lobar bronchial blockade is a technique that allows one-lung ventilation while the operated lobe is collapsed in patients with previous pulmonary resection requiring subsequent resection or with limited pulmonary reserve. With the implementation of surveillance protocols following pulmonary resection for lung cancer, we might expect a greater detection rate for patients developing a second resectable primary lung tumor.…”