Dental mirror for difficult nasotracheal intubation.

Matot, I; Hevron, I; Katzenelson, R · Anaesthesia · 1997

case_report · Level V

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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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