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The Anesthetic Management of a Case of Tracheal Necrosis

Etienne Dereeper, MD^*, Clarence Karler, MD^*, Alain Roman, MD, Guy-Bernard Cadière, MD, PhD, Frédéric Urbain, MD, and Maurice Sosnowski, MD, PhD^*

Departments of *Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Digestive Surgery, and Plastic Surgery, CHU Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Etienne Dereeper, CHU Saint-Pierre, Department of Anesthesiology, Rue Haute 322, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. Address e-mail to etienne_dereeper{at}stpierre-bru.be.

A 63-yr-old female patient developed a tracheal necrosis after esophageal resection with gastric interposition. We report the anesthetic management of this patient undergoing tracheal repair focusing on an original airway management and ventilation strategy.