Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support for Tracheal Stenosis Caused by Thyroid Mass - A case report -

Anesthetic consideration for patients with severe tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid cancer -A report of 2 cases-

“…Although there are reports showing that a tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid cancer does not create too much difficulty in endotracheal intubation and allows the intubation of a larger sized endotracheal tube than the measured ID [ 2 , 6 - 8 ], no such clinical findings have been reported in Korea. All Korean case studies employed special methods, such as percutaneous extracorporeal circulation, cardiopulmonary bypass, epidural anesthesia, etc [ 5 , 9 , 10 ]. This paper reports two cases of successful anesthesia using an endotracheal tube with a larger ID than that measured by computerized tomography (CT) in patients with a tracheal obstruction caused by thyroid cancer, and discusses the appropriate treatments related to the causes or locations of the tracheal obstruction.…”