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. 2023 Jul-Sep;17(3):457-459.
doi: 10.4103/sja.sja_73_23. Epub 2023 Jun 22.

Pre-anesthetic evaluation for a central airway

Yukihide Koyama  1   2 , Hidemasa Iwakura  2 , Shingo Takeuchi  3 , Koichi Tsuzaki  1
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Pre-anesthetic evaluation for a central airway

Yukihide Koyama et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2023 Jul-Sep.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Computed tomography scan images of the patient’s chest. (a) The coronal view of B1 in the right-sided tracheal bronchus (Rt. TB) and a right upper lobe bronchus (Rt. ULB). (b) The axial view for Rt. TB (B1). (c) The axial view for B2 and B3 arising from Rt. ULB
Figure 2
Figure 2
Clinical photographs of fiberoptic bronchoscopy. (a) A left-sided double-lumen tube (Lt. sided DLT) inserted into the left main bronchus (Lt. main bronchus), tracheal bifurcation, and right main bronchus (Rt. main bronchus) from left to right. (b) Lt. sided DLT, tracheal bifurcation, Rt. main bronchus, and right-sided tracheal bronchus (Rt. TB) from left to right. (c) Inside of the Rt. TB (B1). (d) B2 and B3 arising from a right upper lobe bronchus (Rt. ULB)
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