“…In a previous study, when intubation was performed using a Carlens tube with a carinal hook, the tube was rotated 1808 counterclockwise followed by rotating 908 clockwise after passing the hook beyond the vocal cords to prevent impingement on the vocal cords or cartilaginous tissues in the posterior portion of the glottis. 15 For intubation of the commonly used modern DLTs without a carinal hook, we used to pass the DLT through the glottis with rotating it only 908 counterclockwise. However, when DLTs are rotated 1808, the tracheal and bronchial tips of the DLT are located anteroposteriorly on the sagittal plane, which facilitated passage of DLTs through the glottis without severe resistance.…”
Rotation of a DLT through 180° facilitated its passage through the glottis and reduced the incidence of postoperative sore throat and vocal cord injuries.
“…In a previous study, when intubation was performed using a Carlens tube with a carinal hook, the tube was rotated 1808 counterclockwise followed by rotating 908 clockwise after passing the hook beyond the vocal cords to prevent impingement on the vocal cords or cartilaginous tissues in the posterior portion of the glottis. 15 For intubation of the commonly used modern DLTs without a carinal hook, we used to pass the DLT through the glottis with rotating it only 908 counterclockwise. However, when DLTs are rotated 1808, the tracheal and bronchial tips of the DLT are located anteroposteriorly on the sagittal plane, which facilitated passage of DLTs through the glottis without severe resistance.…”
Rotation of a DLT through 180° facilitated its passage through the glottis and reduced the incidence of postoperative sore throat and vocal cord injuries.
“…There were 18 awards for topics in general thoracic surgery (Table 3) [2,4,8,9,13,15,16,20,21,26,29,36,40,41,47,51,52,54]. Their clinical impact was significant.…”
The President's Award for best scientific paper is presented to esteemed members at each Southern Thoracic Surgical Association annual meeting to stimulate friendly scientific competition. Between 1964 and 2015, 58 awards were presented for clinical expertise in general thoracic surgery (18), adult cardiac surgery (25), and congenital heart surgery (15). Manuscripts were published by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, and the average number of subsequent citations in professional medical journals as a measure of scientific importance was 43.7 ± 60.2. A seemingly prosaic addition of a yearly scientific award has had an enormous impact on the scientific community and membership participation.
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