Publication: Submental tracheal intubation in a case of panfacial trauma
Date
2008
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
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Airway management of panfacial fractures is complicated. Treatment of fractures of such bones presents a certain difficulty as in not only do the fracture fragments have to be aligned but the teeth have to be kept in proper occlusion
as well. To achieve a proper pre-traumatic occlusion, the occlusion has to be maintained and checked at all times
during the surgery. There are many options for the airway management of such cases. We present a case of panfacial
fracture which was managed successfully with submental intubation.
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Babu I1, Sagtani A2, Jain N3, Bawa SN4
1,3Assistant Professors, 2Lecturer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 4 Professor, Dept of Anaesthesiology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal