Abstract
Fall from height is a common cause of penetrating abdomino-thoracic injuries. These often require thoracotomies to treat. Thoracotomy requires lung isolation technique. Specialized endobronchial tubes and endobronchial blockers are ideally used in the technique. However, in resource-poor settings, these specialized tubes are often unavailable. We report how a conventional single-lumen endotracheal tube was used to carry out one-lung anesthesia for thoracotomy to repair an impalement thoraco-abdominal injury following a fall from height with good results.
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