Retrograde intubation of the pharynx: An unusual complication of emergency cricothyrotomy

✍ Scribed by David Slobodkin; Steve Topliff; John H Raife

• Book ID: 104310607
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 454 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80171-4

✦ Synopsis

Retrograde, translaryngeal intubation of the pharynx, a previously unreported and potentially fatal complication of emergency cricothyrotomy, is described. Methods of avoiding this complication are discussed. Reports in the literature of related technical errors following successful surgical incision of the cricothyroid membrane are discussed. [Slobodkin D, Topliff S, Raife JH: Retrograde intubation of the pharynx: An unusual complication of emergency cricothyrotomy.