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Table 1 Anatomical properties of tracheal diverticula

From: Positional relationships between a tracheal diverticulum and the tracheal tube under general anesthesia: a single-center observational and simulation study

Maximum diameter (mm)

8.3 [6.2]

Orifice size (mm)

3.6 [3.0]

Vocal cord-to-proximal end of tracheal diverticulum (mm)

44.5 [14.0]

Vocal cord-to-distal end of tracheal diverticulum (mm)

52.2 [12.8]

Distal end of tracheal diverticulum-to-carina (mm)

68.2 [12.4]

Tracheal length (vocal cord-to-carina) (mm)

120.5 [12.8]

Values are presented as mean [SD]