Ventilation challenge in rigid bronchoscopy: Laser tube as an alternative management in patients with lung cancer and central airway obstruction.
Gaetana MessinaMary BoveGiovanni NataleVincenzo Di FilippoGiorgia OpromollaEva MassimillaMauro ForteAnna RainoneGiuseppe VicarioBeatrice LeonardiAlfonso FiorelliGiovanni VicidominiMario SantiniMario PirozziMarianna CaterinoCarminia Maria Della CorteFortunato CiardielloMorena FasanoPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2022)
The use of the laser tube allows the monitoring of gas exchange, which controls hypoxemia. Thanks to the double cuff put distally to the tracheal obstruction or in the contralateral bronchus to the obstructed one, the laser tube prevents the flooding of blood from debulking below the stenosis. Rigid bronchoscopy with laser tube will expand its use in the future.