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Case Reports Clinical Trial
[A guidewire as a reintubation aid. Translaryngeal fiberoptic insertion of a guidewire into the trachea to assist fiberoptic reintubation in patients difficult to intubate].
- A Scherlitz and J Peters.
- Institut für Klinische Anästhesiologie, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf.
- Anaesthesist. 1994 Sep 1; 43 (9): 618-20.
AbstractSecuring the airway following surgery can be a problem in certain patients. Preparation, therefore, should include a plan for safe reintubation, if necessary. We report two patients with a difficult airway (recurrent thyroid carcinoma, inoperable carcinoma of the hypopharynx) who were at a high risk for intubation under general anaesthesia. In addition, one of the patients suffered from an acute abdomen and ileus. We used a guidewire placed into the trachea via a fiberscope to facilitate fiberoptic reintubation.
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