Placement of an endotracheal tube in the short tracheal stump.

Pellegrini, D P; Mucci, S J; Durzinsky, D S; Chaudhuri, P K · Ann Thorac Surg · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Placement of an endotracheal tube in the short tracheal stump, such as after a mediastinal tracheostomy, can be a difficult task. The tube may easily slide into the right main bronchus or slip out of the trachea completely. We have described a method for securing such an airway for ventilation during general anesthesia.

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