Anesthesia for videolaparoscopic gastroplasty in a patient with morbid obesity with montgomery t-tube
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https://doi.org/10.63162/v66n67e25786Keywords:
Obesity, Artificial respiration, Gastroplasty, Artificial intubation, Tracheal StenosisAbstract
The Montgomery T-tube (MTT) is a silicone device used as a tracheal stent combined with a tracheostomy tube
to prevent tracheal stenosis. The management of this device, the airways (AV) and mechanical ventilation (MV)
of patients with TTM pose challenges to the anesthesiologist due to their relatively low frequency. In addition to the particularities conferred by the tracheal prosthesis, the patient in question underwent videolaparoscopic gastroplasty, which results in changes in respiratory mechanics and mechanical ventilation. This occurs both due to the increase in body mass and abdominal pressure resulting from obesity, and due to the inflation of the pneumoperitoneum.
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