Anesthetic management of a patient with Mounier-Kuhn syndrome undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery -A case report-

Mounier-Kuhn-syndrome patients have markedly dilated trachea and main bronchi due to an atrophy or absence of elastic fibers and thinning of smooth muscle layers in the tracheobronchial tree. Although this syndrome is rare, airway management is challenging and general anesthesia may produce fatal re...

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Main Authors: Jeong Jin Min, Jung-Man Lee, Jun Hyun Kim, Deok Man Hong, Yunseok Jeon, Jae-Hyon Bahk
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2011-07-01
Series:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Subjects:
mounier-kuhn syndrome
tracheal diverticuli
tracheobronchomegaly
Online Access:http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-61-83.pdf
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