Fluoroscope-aided retrograde placement of guide wire for tracheal intubation in patients with limited mouth opening.
Fluoroscope-aided retrograde placement of guide wire for tracheal intubation in patients with limited mouth opening.
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荧光镜辅助逆行放置导丝用于张口受限患者的气管插管。
DOI:
10.1093/bja/aeh297
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
S. Baniwal
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文献类型:
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作者:
B. Biswas;Prithwis Bhattacharyya;Sumati Joshi;U. R. Tuladhar;S. Baniwal
Passing a retrograde catheter/wire into the pharynx through a cricothyroid puncture can facilitate tracheal intubation in difficult situations where either a flexible fibre-optic bronchoscope or an expert user of such a device is not available. Some mouth opening is essential for the oral and/or nasal retrieval of the catheter/wire from the pharynx. Two patients with temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis and extremely limited mouth opening required gap arthroplasty of the TMJ under general anaesthesia. Because we did not have a flexible fibre-optic bronchoscope, we performed fluoroscopy-assisted nasal retrieval of the guide wire passed up through a cricothyroid puncture and subsequently accomplished wire-guided naso-tracheal intubation. In the absence of a flexible fibre-optic bronchoscope, this technique is a very useful aid to intubation in patients with limited mouth opening.