Technology in and outside the operating room

Airway simulation training greatly enhances modern teaching of the difficult airway management. Table-top airway simulation at the Stanford Advanced Airway Management and Fiberoptic Intubation Course, Stanford, California, August 2012.

Surgical set up for microlaryngeal surgery and upper airway endoscopy.

Surgical rigid bronchoscope can be exchanged for the endotracheal tube using a combination of a gum elastic bougie and Rob-Nel suction catheter.

Manual supraglottic jet ventilation for microlaryngeal surgery performed under total intravenous anesthesia. The Venturi jet ventilation is still widely used in anesthesia practice.