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Placement of an endotracheal tube in the short tracheal stump
D P Pellegrini1, S J Mucci, D S Durzinsky
1Department of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1992
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.