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. 2001 Nov;20(5):1037-9.
doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00950-2.

A simple and secure technique for tracheal T-tube insertion

K T Kim  1 , K Sun, J S Shin, H M Kim
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A simple and secure technique for tracheal T-tube insertion

K T Kim et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001 Nov.

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.

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