Currently, surgery on the trachea underwent significant progress including in the latest methods of complex resections and reconstructions of the respiratory tract. In this regard, anesthesiologist needs the knowledge and skills of using various special respiratory techniques. Modern respiratory methods in tracheal surgery are "shunt-breath", high frequency jet ventilation, methods of extracorporeal oxygenation and respiratory relatively new technology - apneic oxygenation. This review deals with the pathophysiologicalfeatures of each of these techniques. Searching for information was made on the database: Scientific electronic library, Central Scientific Medical Library, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science.