Management of an intraoperatively damaged endotracheal tube in a case of difficult airway using fibre-optic bronchoscope with minimal apnoea period
oleh: Jayachandran Himarani, S Mary Nancy, V B Krishna Kumar Raja, S Shanmuga Sundaram
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Damage to the endotracheal tube (ETT) is common in head and neck surgeries, especially in maxillary osteotomy. Airway management in such a crisis is crucial as there is risk of aspiration of blood into lungs, hypoxia and apnoea. This case illustrates a patient with an anticipated difficult airway who had an intraoperative damage to the ETT and was successfully managed by re-intubation with fiberoptic bronchoscope in a minimal apnoea period of <15 s using a new technique.