RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A novel approach to manage patients with compromised airway. Videoscopic assisted retromolar intubation
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 308
OP 312
VO 34
IS 3
A1 Boker, Abdulaziz M.
YR 2013
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/34/3/308.abstract
AB Aids to difficult airway management are essential for safe practice of anesthesia particularly for high-risk patients. This case series described a novel approach of combined use of complementing tools (videolaryngeoscopic assisted retromolar intubation) to enhance airway management of a subset of various high-risk patients with extremely difficult airway. It also addressed the rational for the combination of such approaches as well as the advantages and disadvantages of this technique. In all of the 4 patients, the use of the combined approach resulted in a successful intubation without the need for surgical airway. This technique showed many advantages making it possible to use in cases with life threatening airway obstruction.