Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation

Severe Tracheal Stenosis and Operative Delivery
Sutcliffe N, Remington SA, Ramsay TM, Mason C
Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, UK
We report the management of anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a
woman with severe extensive tracheal stenosis. Management was initially
with spinal anaesthesis, but general anaesthesis became necessary as a
result of profuse intra-operative bleeding. We describe the use of the
Hayek Oscillator cuirass ventilator to allow instrumentation of the larynx
whilst maintaining respiratory support, and for weaning from mechanical
ventilation.
Anaesthesia 50 (1): 26-9, January 1995