A simple and secure technique for tracheal T-tube insertion.
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.
Kim
K T
KT
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, 126-1 Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, 136-705, Seoul, South Korea.
Sun
K
K
Shin
J S
JS
Kim
H M
HM
D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis