title: A simple and secure technique for tracheal T-tube insertion.
abstract: We describe a simple and secure technique for the insertion of a long Montgomery type T-tube in patients with tracheal stenosis. An endotracheal tube is placed into the lumen of the T-tube and by maintaining the airway during insertion, the technique has been found to be safe and it can prevent the kind of tracheal damage occurring with blind techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, 126-1 Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, 136-705, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis