Airway management for patients with a tracheal bronchus

Authors:
  • HMH Mitsuhata
    H Mitsuhata
  • KSK Saito
    K Saito
  • YHY Hirabayashi
    Y Hirabayashi
  • SAS Akazawa
    S Akazawa
  • HKH Kasuda
    H Kasuda
  • RSR Shimizu
    R Shimizu
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Abstract
A tracheal bronchus is an aberrant, accessory or ectopic bronchus arising almost invariably from the right lateral wall of the trachea, causing hypoxaemia, atelectasis, or both, during anaesthesia. We describe two patients with a tracheal bronchus found before anaesthesia. One tracheal bronchus was found by tracheobronchoscopy and the other by chest x-ray. Because of recognition of the anomaly before operation, anaesthesia was uneventful in each patient.