Pulling versus guiding: a modification of retrograde guided intubation

1 May 1989

journal article
case report
Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

Vol. 36 (3) , 336-339
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03010777

Abstract

We describe a modification of retrograde guided intubation. With the help of a gliding knot fixed around the side hole of the tracheal tube, we use the catheter to pull and guide the tracheal tube down the larynx and trachea. The technique offers several advantages: it is surprisingly fast, relatively atraumatic, easy to perform, and eliminates most causes of failure.

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