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From: Silicone stent placement using a rigid bronchoscope via a tracheostoma in a patient with postpneumonectomy syndrome

Fig. 2

Fluoroscopic radiographs (A–C), schemas (D, F), and photograph (F) taken during the stent placement with a rigid bronchoscope. A and D show bronchoscopy via the mouth and B, C, and E bronchoscopy via the tracheostoma. A Rigid bronchoscope inserted via the mouth failed to reach to the distal left main bronchus. B, C Rigid bronchoscope inserted via the tracheostoma reached the secondary carina and led to successful stent placement. D–F There was a difference in the angle between the rigid bronchoscopy inserted via the mouth and that inserted via the tracheostoma

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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases

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