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From: Right displacement of trachea to reduce right bronchial misplacement of left double lumen tube: a prospective, double-blind, randomized study

Fig. 3

A diagram was draw by our team to illustrate the technical details of RTD maneuver. A: A graphical description of RTD maneuver. RTD maneuver improves the alignment of trachea and LMB, thus facilitating the passage of left-sided DLT into the desired location. B: Bronchoscopic finding of the changes of trachea-LMB alignment. The orifice of LMB moves towards the center of the view when applying RTD maneuver, which proves that the alignment of trachea and LMB is improved

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BMC Anesthesiology

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