Anaesthetic management of a patient with low tracheal obstruction requiring placement of a T-Y stent

Anaesth Intensive Care. 2000 Apr;28(2):196-8. doi: 10.1177/0310057X0002800213.

Abstract

A 60-year-old man with a history of oesophagectomy for carcinoma presented with worsening dysphagia, dyspnoea and tachypnoea secondary to oesophageal stricture and tumour invasion of the trachea causing a "ball-valve" obstruction. The patient required placement of a T-Y tracheobronchial stent to relieve the airway obstruction and was successfully managed using sevoflurane for gaseous induction followed by maintenance with propofol total intravenous anaesthesia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia / methods*
  • Anesthetics, Combined
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous
  • Animals
  • Bronchi
  • Cricetinae
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methyl Ethers
  • Middle Aged
  • Palliative Care
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Propofol
  • Sevoflurane
  • Stents*
  • Trachea
  • Tracheal Stenosis / etiology
  • Tracheal Stenosis / surgery*

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Combined
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous
  • Methyl Ethers
  • Sevoflurane
  • Propofol