1. 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)
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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