• Anesthesia and analgesia · Aug 2004

    Case Reports

    Unsuspected temporomandibular joint pathology leading to a difficult endotracheal intubation.

    • Robert H Small, Steven I Ganzberg, and Andreas W Schuster.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University, 410 W. 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. small.12@osu.edu
    • Anesth. Analg. 2004 Aug 1;99(2):383-5, table of contents.

    AbstractA 40-yr-old woman with an unremarkable medical history and no prior surgeries presented for ambulatory surgery. Physical examination revealed normal jaw opening. On induction of general anesthesia, her jaw was found to be locked in a nearly closed position. We discuss anesthetic considerations and the pathology of temporomandibular joint anterior disk dislocation without reduction. A simple maneuver to reduce the dislocation is described.

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