Utilization of a gum elastic bougie to facilitate single lung intubation

Selective intubation with endotracheal tube introducer in difficult airway: A randomized, prospective, cross-over study

“…Some authors have investigated selective lung intubation effectiveness in fresh cadaveric studies and real patients. [ 6 7 8 9 ] However, there are limited data in the literature on this subject. Since patients who need selective intubation might have a difficult airway, our study provides data with difficult airway conditions on selective intubation, which was never presented, to our knowledge.…”

“…Selective intubation success rates may vary depending on which the main bronchus it is performed for; the right main bronchus has a vertical and wider shape; therefore, right selective lung intubations have higher success rates (90%–100%) and shorter times in many studies. [ 6 7 8 9 ] Furthermore, success rates in the right selective lung intubation might improve with ETI. A prospective, randomized, fresh cadaver study demonstrated increased success rates with ETI in the right selective intubation.…”

“…A prospective, randomized, fresh cadaver study demonstrated increased success rates with ETI in the right selective intubation. [ 6 ] Furthermore, in a randomized controlled study comparing ETI's first pass success and sET, the success rates were 96% and 82%, respectively. [ 1 ] In our study, the success rate with the right selective sET method was found to be 97.8%, even though it was a difficult airway model.…”

“…Success rates in the literature are relatively lower for left selective intubation. [ 6 7 8 9 ] However, the success rate of up to 100% has been reported using ETI. [ 6 ] Our study's success rates were 65.2% and 28.3%, respectively, with ETI and sET in left selective intubation.…”

“…[ 6 7 8 9 ] However, the success rate of up to 100% has been reported using ETI. [ 6 ] Our study's success rates were 65.2% and 28.3%, respectively, with ETI and sET in left selective intubation. This difference can be explained by the restrictive effect of difficult airway settings.…”