Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Difficulties in Placement of DLT in Kartageners Syndrome– Causes and solutions

Dr. Jyoti Vishnu Kale

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Kartageners syndrome (KGS) is a subgroup of immotile cilia syndrome, found in 1:50000 births. Cardinal features of this syndrome are onchiectasis, situs inversus totalis and sinusitis.¹ We report a case with onchiectatic changes in a 18 year old girl operated for Rt. lower lobectomy under general anesthesia. Even though anatomy is reversed, just selecting right sided Double Lumen Tube (DLT), does not nessesorily solve the problem of lung isolation. We here discuss the anaesthetic management and possible causes of difficulties faced in isolation of lung with the Double Lumen Tubes (DLT), along with solutions.

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Dr. Jyoti Vishnu Kale Difficulties in Placement of DLT in Kartageners Syndrome- Causes and solutions Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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