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Manual angulation of the Arndt endobronchial blocker to improve the ease of lung isolation

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Dr. Zou is supported by grants from the Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province, China (2021SK2018). This manuscript was unfunded.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China

    Tong Ding MD, Yingqi Weng MD, PhD & Wangyuan Zou MD, PhD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

    Jiapeng Huang MD, PhD

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Ding, T., Weng, Y., Huang, J. et al. Manual angulation of the Arndt endobronchial blocker to improve the ease of lung isolation. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 71, 681–682 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-024-02709-1

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