by Guoliang Tang, Xiaobin Li, Huaqin Liu, Shan Song, Fengjiao Zhang, Shasha Zhang, Chao Zhou Background Bronchial blockers (BBs) manage airways during thoracoscopic lobectomy and isolate lungs by occluding the bronchus at the surgical site. However, intraoperative malpositioning remains a concern.
We compared the performance of a new double-cuff BB (DcBB) with an additional cuff near the end of a single-cuff BB (ScBB) with that of ScBBs during thoracoscopic lobectomy. Methods This single-center, randomized, parallel, controlled clinical study enrolled 80 patients undergoing thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer at Nanpi People’s Hospital.
The patients were randomized into two groups (n = 40 each); DcBB (DcBB used during one-lung ventilation) and ScBB (ScBB used during one-lung ventilation). The primary outcomes were the incidence and number of BB malpositioning.
PLOS ONE (Medicine) published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 21 May 2026.
The item focuses on Double-cuff versus single-cuff bronchial blockers for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: A randomized controlled trial.
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