[Anesthesia during resections-anastomoses of the trachea and tracheal bifurcation. Apropos of 4 cases].
The author reports 4 cases of surgery of the lower trachea and of tracheal bifurcation, and consider: -that it is preferable only to intervene after improvement by medical treatment of the phase of acute asphyxia; -that a technique of general anesthesia, with deep curarisation and oro-tracheal catheter placed above the stenosis, permits correct ventilation; -that in cases of impossibility of ventilation, one should use extra-corporeal circulation, which should always be provided for.
[Anesthesia during resections-anastomoses of the trachea and tracheal bifurcation. Apropos of 4 cases]. The author reports 4 cases of surgery of the lower trachea and of tracheal bifurcation, and consider: -that it is preferable only to intervene after improvement by medical treatment of the phase of acute asphyxia; -that a technique of general anesthesia, with deep curarisation and oro-tracheal catheter placed above the stenosis, permits correct ventilation; -that in cases of impossibility of ventilation, one should use extra-corporeal circulation, which should always be provided for.