Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
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Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev. · Dec 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialAirway Blocks Vs LA Nebulization- An interventional trial for Awake Fiberoptic Bronchoscope assisted Nasotracheal Intubation in Oral Malignancies.
Patients with intra-oral malignancies warrants use of awake Fiberoptic assisted naso-thracheal intubation to secure an airway due to multiple risk factors leading to anticipated difficult airway. Different techniques such as airway blocks, local anesthesia (LA) gargles, spray, nebulization and mild sedation are in practice to improve the success rate of fiberoptic assisted intubation. ⋯ Judicial use of combined Airway blocks such as Bilateral Superior and trans-tracheal recurrent laryngeal nerve blocks could facilitate a successful fiber-optic assisted awake naso-tracheal intubation in anticipated difficult intubation with negligible complications.
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