[A cause of intubation failure: a subglottic bridge]. / Une cause d'intubation impossible: la bride sous-glottique.
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim
; 17(1): 65-7, 1998.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9750688
ABSTRACT
We report the case of a patient with a history of facio-thoracic burns, the treatment of which included prolonged intubation, whose trachea could not be intubated because of a subglottic obstacle. The ventilation was easily controlled with a laryngeal mask. At the end of surgery for postburn cheloids, laryngoscopy through the laryngeal mask showed a transversal subglottic laryngeal band, a probable sequela of the previous prolonged intubation. The band was resected one week later. The conventional indicators for difficult intubation cannot detect the laryngotracheal obstacles to tracheal tube insertion.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Glottis
/
Intubation, Intratracheal
Limits:
Child, preschool
/
Female
/
Humans
Language:
Fr
Year:
1998
Type:
Article