Dental mirror for difficult nasotracheal intubation |
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| Authors: | I Matot I Hevron & R Katzenelson |
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| Institution: | Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel,;Department of ENT, Bikur Holim Hospital, Jerusalem 91120, Israel |
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| Abstract: | A patient with a previous surgical history of a cleft lip and palate repair and a pharyngeal flap pharyngoplasty was admitted for repair of mandibular prognathism. Following induction of anaesthesia, it was impossible to advance the nasotracheal tube into the oropharynx. Using a dental mirror and retrograde tracheal intubation equipment, under direct vision, the nasotracheal tube was finally advanced into the oropharynx. |
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| Keywords: | Intubation tracheal techniques Equipment dental mirror Surgery plastic |
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