Table 1.

Summary of post-intubation laryngeal edema after lung surgery cases reported in the litarature

Case	Age (years)	Sex	Hight (cm)	Weight (kg)	Head and neck cancer	Asthma	Cormack Lehane Grade	Inner diameter of the narrowest part (mm)	DLT size (Fr)	Resistance during intubation	Operation	Operation time (min)	Anesthesia time (min)	Diagnosis date (POD)	Steroid	Airway management	Date of tracheostomy (POD)	References
1	76	F	155.8	52.1	–	+		ND	35	+	LUL + ND2a-1	95	140	1	mPSL	Emergency tracheostomy	1	[3, 4]
2	81	F	148	46	–	−	ND	ND	35	+	WR	59	95	3	DEX	Reintubation ↓ tracheostomy	8	[3, 4]
3	73	F	146	42	–	−	ND	ND	35 → 32 → 28	+	LS6 Seg	ND	ND	2	mPSL	Cricothyroid incision	2	[3, 4]
4	83	F	149.3	57.5	–	−	I	slightly stenosis	35 → 32	+	RUL + WR	267	ND	On the day of surgery	mPSL	Reintubation ↓ tracheostomy	3	[3, 4]
5	81	F	142	47	–	−	ND	ND	35	+	WR	ND	134	1	DEX	Emergency tracheostomy	3	[3, 4]
6	81	F	146.1	51.3	–	−	ND	10.4	35 → 32	+	LUL + ND2a-1	290	341	2	HCSS	Emergency tracheostomy	2	[3, 4]
7	80	F	140	41	–	−	I	13.9 × 11.4	32 → 28	+	LUL	ND	265	2	HCSS	Emergency tracheostomy	2	[4]
8	83	F	144.1	48.7	–	−	ND	ND	35	+	LUL + ND2a-1	204	280	3	mPSL	Reintubation ↓ tracheostomy	6	[5]
9	71	F	ND	ND	–	−	ND	ND	37	–	left pleurodesis	ND	ND	2	ND	Reintubation ↓ tracheostomy	4	[6]
10	49	F	163	64	–	−(atopy)	ND	ND	37	–	lung tumor biopsy	ND	ND	On the day of surgery	HCSS	Difficulty extubation (extubation after 48 h)	–	[2]
11	78	M	161	57	+	+	II	11.5 × 6.5	35	–	LUD Seg + ND1b	176	239	On the day of surgery	PSL	Scheduled tracheostomy	On the day	Our case

DLT double lumen tube, POD post operative day, ND not discribed, LUL left upper lobectomy, ND nodal dissection, WR wedge resection, LS6 Seg left S6 segmentectomy, RUL right upper lobectomy, LUD seg left upper division segmentectomy, mPSL methyl-predonisolone, DEX dexamethasone, HCSS hydrocortisone sodium succinate, PSL predonisolone