The use of a bronchial blocker compared with a double-lumen tube for single-lung ventilation during minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery

A Comparison of the Efficacy and Adverse Effects of Double-Lumen Endobronchial Tubes and Bronchial Blockers in Thoracic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

“…[19][20][21] After examining the text of the remaining 16 papers, a further 3 papers were excluded because they were not RCTs. 28,30,31 Of the 13 trials included in this study, 6 were written in the past 5 years. 11,12,15-18 The earliest was published in 1996.…”

Continuous Procedural Full-Lung Ventilation During Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Grafting

“…Furthermore, intraoperative intolerance of prolonged single-lung ventilation as well as the perioperative impossibility of adequately placing the bronchus blocker-especially in the case of extensive procedures requiring complex multiple vessel revascularization-may lead to either conversion to full sternotomy or need for cardiopulmonary bypass, usually through femoral cannulation, both of which may be harmful to the patient, for example, by the additional wound trauma or potential atheromatous aorta with increased risk of stroke. Hence, optimal ventilation strategies for MICS-CABG procedures have already been widely discussed in the past [14][15][16], with, however, conventional single-lung ventilation still being the standard approach.…”

Ein Vergleich des Arndt®-Bronchusblockers mit einem Doppellumentubus im Rahmen robotergestützter Eingriffe in der Herzchirurgie

“…Bei der endoskopischen Operationstechnik ist die Ruhigstellung der linken Lunge unabdingbar [9,12]. Dies wird zumeist durch eine seitengetrennte Ventilation, entweder über den DLT [9] oder über verschiedene endobronchiale Blockersysteme [13] wie den Arndt -BB [14] erreicht. Alternativ kann auch Jet-Ventilation eingesetzt werden [9].…”