title: Placement of an endotracheal tube in the short tracheal stump.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mucci
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Durzinsky
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014139:Tracheostomy