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Departments of *Anesthesiology,
Pediatric Intensive Care,
ENT Surgery,
Radiology, and ||Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Vincent Laudenbach, MD, Départment dAnesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 48 Blvd. Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France. Address e-mail to vlaudenb{at}infobiogen.fr
IMPLICATIONS: We describe an original ventilation method designed to optimize lung recruitment and gas exchanges during surgery in a newborn with congenital esophageal atresia and ectopic esophageal implantation of the left mainstem bronchus. This strategy ensured constant adaptation of the mechanical ventilatory regimen to the surgical procedure-linked constraints.
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