Endotracheal tube blockage during tracheo-oesophageal fistula surgery: A case report

Authors

  • Anjali Poudel Consultant Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Male, Maldives https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-4447
  • Balkrishna Bhattarai Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9297-291X
  • Nirman Prasad Gyawali Consultant Anesthesiologist, Kanti Children’s Hospital, Department of Paediatric Anesthesia, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Rajesh Prasad Sah Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Ashik Rajak MBBS Graduate, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-3427

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jkmc.v9i4.38095

Keywords:

Endotracheal tube; Neonate; Tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Abstract

The multifarious anaesthetic challenges associated with tracheo-oesophageal fistula surgery are difficult tracheal intubation, continuous air leakage during positive pressure ventilation, gastric distension, sharing of the airway with surgeons, intraoperative desaturation due to surgical retractors and maintaining anesthetic depth. These challenges are managed properly only when pathophysiology of the fistula is well understood. In this case report we present an anaesthetic management with a near miss situation during repair of tracheo-oesophageal fistula in a neonate. Intraoperatively, the patient’s oxygen saturation decreased which did not improve despite correcting all possible reasons. Before the worst could have occurred, we identified endotracheal tube blockage as the cause and changing the tube on time saved the neonate.

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Poudel, A., Bhattarai, B., Gyawali, N. P., Sah, R. P., & Rajak, A. (2020). Endotracheal tube blockage during tracheo-oesophageal fistula surgery: A case report. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 9(4), 224–227. https://doi.org/10.3126/jkmc.v9i4.38095

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2020)

Section

Case Reports

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