Endotracheal Intubation Complicated by a Palatal Tooth in a Patient With Treacher Collins Syndrome.
Anesth Prog
; 66(1): 42-43, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
We report a case of difficult endotracheal intubation in a patient with Treacher Collins syndrome. A sixteen-year-old female patient scheduled for general anesthesia had a displaced palatal tooth that interfered with laryngoscope insertion into the pharyngeal space. To address this problem, we successfully performed endotracheal intubation using a fiberscope while elevating the epiglottic vallecula using a King Vision™ video laryngoscope. A later operation was performed after tooth extraction without difficult laryngoscopy. Our experience stresses the importance of removing obstructions to laryngoscopic inspection prior to general anesthesia.
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Intubação Intratraqueal
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Laringoscopia
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Disostose Mandibulofacial
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2019
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