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- Title
Endotracheal Intubation Complicated by a Palatal Tooth in a Patient With Treacher Collins Syndrome.
- Authors
Kanemaru, Hiroko; Tsurumaki, Tatsuru; Kurata, Shigenobu; Tanaka, Yutaka; Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki; Sato, Yumiko; Kodama, Yuki; Suda, Akiko; Yamada, Yurie; Seo, Kenji
- 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.
- Publication
Anesthesia Progress, 2019, Vol 66, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
0003-3006
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2344/anpr-66-02-01