1. Schematic diagram showing a rigid ventilating bronchoscope system, which consists of the anesthesia circle system attached to a flexible connector that is attached to the sidearm of the bronchoscope. With the proximal eyepiece in place, most of the inspired gas goes into the patient. Because the bronchoscope cannot fully fill the area of the trachea, there is a variable leak around the distal end of the bronchoscope. Exhaled gases are through the anesthesia circle system. When the eyepiece is removed, there is a very large leak out the proximal end of the bronchoscope. [Reproduced with permission from Benumof JL, ed. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1995.]
Source: Thoracic Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, 3e
Citation: Longnecker DE, Mackey SC, Newman MF, Sandberg WS, Zapol WM. Anesthesiology, 3e; 2017 Available at: Accessed: November 14, 2017
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