Airway Management in A Case of Tongue Flap Division Surgery: A Case Report

oleh: Tapas Kumar Sahoo, Manasi Ambardekar, R D Patel, S H Pandya

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01

Deskripsi

This article sums up successful airway management in an 18-year-old male presented for tongue flap division surgery constructed before for a palatal fistula in our hospital. After induction of general anaesthesia, we performed laryngoscopywith right molar approach using miller straight blade, intubated from rightside of flap and throat packing done using left molar approach. Tongue flap was divided without any ties and hemostasis checked.