Abstract:Abstract: Objective?To investigate the impact of head and neck position changes on the displacement of visual double lumen bronchial tube.?Methods?40 patients scheduled for thoracic surgery from February to July 2018. All the patients were intubated with 35-Fr visual double-lumen tube (DLT) after the induction of anesthesia. Visual double-lumen bronchial tube combined with fiberoptic bronchoscopy was used to measure tracheal tube displacement. The distance between the tip of the right lumen of the double lumen bronchial tube and the tracheal carina was first measured with the head and neck of the patient in the neutral position. The distance between the tip of the right lumen of the double lumen bronchial tube and the tracheal carina was then measured in the four other positions including the patient’s head and neck rotated 90° to the right, head and neck rotated 90° to the left, head and neck flexed, and as well as head and neck extended.?Results?Head and neck flexion caused an inward migration of the L-DLT (5.6?±?2.0) mm, head and neck extension caused an outward displacement (12.9?±?4.3) mm, the moving distance of the L-DLT in head and neck flexion was significantly smaller than head and neck extension ;head and neck rotated 90° to the left caused an outward displacement (4.3?±?1.3) mm, head and neck rotated 90° to the right caused an outward displacement (4.2?±?1.3) mm, there was no significant difference in displacement of L-DLT between left and right deviation. Tracheal tube displacement had no correlation with gender.?Conclusion?Visual technology displayed that head and neck movement caused changes in the position of the tracheal tube, and provided reference for clinical anesthesia.