All true about armoured endotracheal tube except
Just likestandard ET tubes,armored or reinforced tubes have the typical left-facing bevel tip and Murphy eye. Their distinctive feature is ametal wire coilembedded in the wall of the tube shaft. The fact that these tubes contain a metal wire coil means there is no need for a radio-opaque line. Useful in head and neck surgeriesand when the patient is in a prone position.
These are tube with metal wire coil embedded in the wall of the tube shaft.
It has radiopaque line like normal ETT
It is bend resistant
It has slightly thicker outer wall as compared to normal ETT
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