Nasotracheal intubation and previous palatal or pharyngeal surgery
β Scribed by B. B. Lee
- Book ID
- 108627559
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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## Summary Nasotracheal intubation offers the head and neck surgeon more scope for surgical manoeuvre in operations of the mouth, pharynx, larynx and also the neck. Concern over the complications of using this route of intubation and lack of training may be limiting its use. A thorough knowledge of
Patients who undergo oral or oropharyngeal surgery usually require a tracheostomy for postoperative airway maintenance. However, the development in recent years of soft endotracheal tubes now provides the alternative of short-term endotracheal intubation, with minimal sequelae. Our favorable experie