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Case Reports
. 2000 Aug;91(2):300-1.
doi: 10.1097/00000539-200008000-00010.

Congenital tracheal bronchus: the inability to isolate the right lung with a univent bronchial blocker tube

R A Peragallo  1 , J D Swenson
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Congenital tracheal bronchus: the inability to isolate the right lung with a univent bronchial blocker tube

R A Peragallo et al. Anesth Analg. 2000 Aug.

Abstract

Tracheal bronchus is a congenital anomaly in which the right upper lobe bronchus originates from the lateral tracheal wall. This anatomic variant is reported in approximately 1 of 250 patients at bronchoscopy. Although it is usually of little clinical significance, this atypical origin of the right upper lobe bronchus may complicate one-lung ventilation during thoracic surgery.

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    Dolinski SY, Groban L. Dolinski SY, et al. Anesth Analg. 2000 Dec;91(6):1563-4. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200012000-00061. Anesth Analg. 2000. PMID: 11094025 No abstract available.

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