Awake Tracheobronchial Dilation Without the Use of Rigid Bronchoscopy Andrew C. Chang, MD, Allan Pickens, MD, Mark B. Orringer, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 6, Pages e43-e45 (December 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.037 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Dilatation of right mainstem bronchial anastomotic tracheomalacia, 9 weeks following bilateral pulmonary transplantation (patient 15). (A) Skin marker placement (white arrow) corresponding to the stricture’s proximal extent, and passage of guidewire (arrowhead). (B) The radio-opaque marker (black arrow) on a Savary-Gilliard dilator indicates the point of maximal dilation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, e43-e45DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.037) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Maximal dilator (French) passed during rigid (◊) and awake Savary dilator (°) bronchoscopy. Solid line indicates median maximum size of dilators passed for each group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, e43-e45DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.08.037) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions