title: Tracheal intubation with a Robertshaw tube via a tracheostomy.
abstract: A patient who had a permanent tracheostomy needed to be anaesthetized for thoracotomy. Anticipated difficulty with airway and lung control did not occur following successful intubation via the tracheostomy with a Robertshaw double-lumen tube.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013390:Succinylcholine; D013874:Thiopental; D014140:Tracheotomy
chemical_list: D013390:Succinylcholine; D013874:Thiopental; D009609:Nitrous Oxide