%0 Case Reports %T Laryngeal mask airway combined with bronchial blocker achieved 1-lung ventilation in a patient with bilateral vocal cord paralysis: A case report. %A Li Y %A Zhang Y %A Zhang Y %A Meng L %A Li C %A Li J %J Medicine (Baltimore) %V 103 %N 10 %D 2024 Mar 8 %M 38457595 %F 1.817 %R 10.1097/MD.0000000000037409 %X BACKGROUND: One-lung ventilation (OLV) is a commonly used technique to facilitate surgical visualization during thoracic surgical procedures. Double-lumen endotracheal tubes and one-lumen tracheal tube combined with bronchial blocker might lead to intubation-related laryngeal injury.
METHODS: In the perioperative period, how to avoid further damage to the vocal cord while achieving OLV during operation is challenging work.
METHODS: She was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, bilateral vocal cord paralysis, and lung tumor.
METHODS: We used a combination of a laryngeal mask airway with bronchial blocker to avoid further damage to the vocal cord when achieving OLV.
RESULTS: At 1-month follow-up, she had fully recovered without obvious abnormalities.
CONCLUSIONS: When OLV was required for patients with bilateral vocal cord paralysis, a combination of a laryngeal mask airway with bronchial blocker was considered a better choice.