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DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE INTUBATION IN A PATIENT WITH SITUS INVERSUS TOTALIS

Ozan Yenipınar(Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi)0009-0006-2740-4007
Elif Doğan Bakı(Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi)0000-0002-3861-8442
Gürhan Öz(Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi)0000-0003-1976-9488
Bilge Banu Taşdemir Mecit(Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi)0000-0002-7994-7816
Pages
141–143
Publication Date
2026-01-12
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Although there is no different approach to anesthesia, special attention should be paid to monitoring, the bronchial tree carefully evaluated before intubation, and an appropriate double-lumen endotracheal tube should be used.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital syndrome in which the normal positions of the thoracic and abdominal organs are displaced in a mirror image manner.
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Key Findings & Data:These patients generally do not experience any problems in their normal lives, but when a surgical intervention is necessary, they may cause technical difficulties for the surgical team.
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Conclusion & Impact:Although there is no different approach to anesthesia, special attention should be paid to monitoring, the bronchial tree carefully evaluated before intubation, and an appropriate double-lumen endotracheal tube should be used.
🔬Design:Review & Systematic Survey
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Situs inversus totalis · Anestezi · Pnömotoraks.

Abstract

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital syndrome in which the normal positions of the thoracic and abdominal organs are displaced in a mirror image manner. These patients generally do not experience any problems in their normal lives, but when a surgical intervention is necessary, they may cause technical difficulties for the surgical team. In this case, we wanted to share our anesthesia approach to the patient with SIT who developed spontaneous pneumothorax (px) and was taken to bullectomy operation. Although we came across many cases regarding anesthesia management in patients with situs inversus in our literature review, it was observed that the cases in which a double lumen tube was applied were very few. Although there is no different approach to anesthesia, special attention should be paid to monitoring, the bronchial tree carefully evaluated before intubation, and an appropriate double-lumen endotracheal tube should be used.

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Situs inversus totalis (SİT), torasik ve abdominal organların normal pozisyonlarının ayna görüntüsü şeklinde yer değiştirdiği konjenital nadir görülen bir sendromdur. Bu hastalar normal hayatlarında genellikle bir problem yaşamazlar ancak cerrahi bir girişim gerekli olduğunda cerrahi ekip için teknik zorluklara sebep olabilirler. Biz de bu olguda spontan px gelişen ve büllektomi operasyonuna alınan SİT’li hastaya anestezi yaklaşımımızı paylaşmak istedik. Literatür taramamızda situs inversuslu hastada anestezi yönetimi ile ilgili pekçok olguya rastlasakta, çift lümenli tüp uygulanmış olan vakaların çok az olduğu gözlendi.Anestezi uygulamasında farklı bir yaklaşım olmasa da monitörizasyona özel dikkat gösterilmeli, entübasyon öncesinde bronş ağacı dikkatle değerlendirilmeli ve uygun çift lümenli endotrakeal tüp kullanılmalıdır.

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Yenipınar, O., Bakı, E. D., Öz, G., Mecit, B. B. T. (2026). DOUBLE-LUMEN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE INTUBATION IN A PATIENT WITH SITUS INVERSUS TOTALIS. Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 27 Sayı: 1, 141–143. https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.1394937

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