Nonintubated Spontaneous reconstruction via nonintubated spontaneous respiration Respiration Anesthesia for Tracheal Glomus Tumor

Previous tracheal surgeries were performed under tracheal and cross-field intubation. However, the intubation would lead to bleeding if the tumors were large or hemorrhagic. Moreover, the tracheal intubation might interfere the surgical vision and anastomosis during the reconstruction process. Therefore, we performed a tracheal tumor resection and reconstruction via nonintubated spontaneous anesthesia. We describe the feasibility and safety of tracheal surgeries via such anesthesia. (Ann Thorac Surg 2017;104:e161–3) 2017 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons