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Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology
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From: A novel technique for safe blind percutaneous tracheotomy: retrospective case-series study on three hundred eighty-six patients

Fig. 1

A 14-Gauge cannula over the needle was advanced caudally into the trachea piercing and penetrating the rigid anterior wall of the endotracheal tube (ETT). The success of airway access was confirmed by the sudden loss of resistance while protecting the posterior tracheal wall by the inner side of the ETT. The trachea is kept fixed in place by the non-dominant hand

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