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