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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;48:301-302
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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A technique of airway management in children with obstructed airway due to tumor

MC, USAF Jeffrey J. Pelton, CAPT*, Irving A. Ratner, MD

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas USA

Accepted for publication April 10, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Pelton, Department of General Surgery, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX 78236.


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Airway management of patients with tracheobronchial compression due to mediastinal masses poses a difficult problem. A new technique of direct vision endotracheal intubation is described, and other adjunctive measures are reviewed.


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