[A Case of Differential Lung Ventilation Using a Double-lumen Endotracheal Tube for Tracheostomy Prior to Lung Surgery in a Patient with Congenital Laryngeal Web].

A 71-year-old male with left lung cancer was scheduled for endoscopic lung surgery under general anesthesia. During a preoperative examination, the patient had hoarseness and was diagnosed with congenital laryngeal web. Differential lung ventilation was needed throughout the surgery, but the opening orifice of the laryngeal web was estimated to be too small for intubation. Therefore, we performed a tracheostomy one week before surgery, for which a double-lumen endotracheal tube was used during differential lung ventilation. Under general anesthesia, the lung surgery was successfully completed, and the patient did not have any postoperative complications.