Difficult nasotracheal intubation: A previously unreported anatomical cause

✍ Scribed by John V Gallagher III; Michael V Vance; Cash Beechler

• Book ID: 104313376
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 868 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(85)80451-0

✦ Synopsis

Anatomic and congenital abnormalities Qf the nasal pharynx may make nasotracheal intubation difficult. We present a case of a patient who was comatose from a drug overdose and who required endotracheal intubation. Blind nasotracheal intubation was attempted and .was initially unsuccessful due to the presence of a congenital pharyngeal bursa. After the cause of the obstruction was recognized, guided nasotracheal intubation was accomplished without complications. The patient made an uneventful recovery.