Changes in the distance between carina and orotracheal tube during open or videolaparoscopic bariatric surgery

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To examine whether there are changes in the distance between the orotracheal tube and carina induced by orthostatic retractor placement or by pneumoperitoneum insufflation in obese patients undergoing gastroplasty.METHODS: 60 patients undergoing bariatric surgery by two techniques...

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Main Authors: Giovani de Figueiredo Locks, Maria Cristina Simões de Almeida, Maurício Sperotto Ceccon, Karen Adriana Campos Pastório
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia 2015-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942015000500353&lng=en&tlng=en