The Different Approaches of Single Lung Ventilation in Infants with Pulmonary Malformation

Abstract

Since many years, feasibility and safety of thoracoscopic surgery in infants with pulmonary malformations has been confirmed. Nevertheless, infants present some problems caused by the anatomical and physiological peculiarities typical of the age and of the size of the structures. Several ways to overcome these difficulties have been proposed to assure efficacy and safety of mono-pulmonary ventilation. The knowledge of the infant's respiratory physiology is essential to prevent complications and eventually to treat them. In the same way the technical skill with all the available tools is mandatory for the airway management.