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jet ventilation Thoracic surgery A technique used during tracheal reconstructive surgery, in which a catheter is passed through the endotracheal tube into the distal main stem bronchus; a small tidal volume is delivered through the catheter
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The patient subsequently underwent direct microlaryngoscopy with jet ventilation and synechia excision with a C[O. 4-mm-diameter metal cannula past the mass, and oxygen was injected via a jet ventilation system. Some common methods are the apneic method, (7) the jet ventilation technique, (8) and tubeless spontaneous respiration with volatile anesthetic agents. |
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