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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:930
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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See also page 927.

DR JOHN P. CLARKE (Virginia Beach, VA): I enjoyed the paper, Drs McGahren and Rodgers. When you select two-lung ventilation, what ports do you generally use to maintain exposure? My colleagues and I find it hard, even in adults, to maintain exposure well with two-lung ventilation, and I am surprised that you can do that in children.

Second, in our experience with adult patients, we, plus a team of anesthesiologists and anesthetists, have used both double-lumen tubes and blocking tubes for one-lung ventilation. Technically, and maybe all of you already do this, I have found a pediatric bronchoscope useful for not only localizing and placing the blocker or confirming the position of the double-lumen tube but also confirming that the blocker or the double-lumen . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1995 60: 927-930. [Abstract] [Full Text]