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CRITICAL CARE AND TRAUMA

Endobrochial Blockade Through a Tracheostomy Tube for Lung Isolation

George Vretzakis, MD, PhD^*, Elena Theodorou, MD^*, and Dimitrios Mikroulis, MD, PhD

From the *Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece; and Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Elena Theodorou, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece. Address e-mail to man.lena{at}g.mail.com.

We present an alternative technique for one-lung ventilation as safe way of treating patients with tracheostomy using a fiberoptic bronchoscope and a Fogarty catheter.

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