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case_images: Epidural catheter with flexible bronchoscope topicalization.
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case_images: F1
case_images: Then FB with the epidural catheter was used to topicalize the epiglottic, subglottic area, and trachea (Fig. 1).
case_images: Epidural catheter get through the working channel of the flexible bronchoscope.
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case_images: The epidural catheter was through the working channel of the FB, and the rear end of the epidural catheter was connected with a 2% lidocaine syringe to form a more fixed and adjustable direction of the nozzle (Fig. 2).
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case_images: Flexible bronchoscope (PL-F420, Zhejiang UE Medical Corp, CHN).
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case_images: F3
case_images: During intubation guided by FB (Model PL-F420, Diameter 4.2mm, Zhejiang UE Medical Corp, Fig. 3), a dumbbell-shaped compression of the trachea at approximately 23 cm according to the incisors was observed (Fig. 4).
case_images: Reinforced tracheal intubation tube (Shiley, ID 5, Covidein, USA).
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case_images: F5
case_images: After the FB had passed through the compressed segment, the inside diameter 5 reinforced tracheal tube (Shiley, ID5, Covidien Ireland Limited, Fig. 5), which had a scale of 25 cm and a total length of 27 cm, was rotated slowly to ensure that it had passed the segment and the tip did not inadvertently enter the bronchus.