Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine
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J Dent Anesth Pain Med · Jun 2016
Identifying the more suitable nostril for nasotracheal intubation using radiographs.
One nostril must be selected for nasotracheal intubation. In some cases, structural anomalies within the nasal cavity hinder the insertion of the tube or complications, such as epistaxis, develop. This study examined the possibility of using radiography to select the nostril that would induce fewer complications. ⋯ Although there were no differences in the incidence rates of complications between intubation through the left nostril and that through the right nostril, radiological findings indicated that incidence of complications significantly increased when the tube was inserted into the nostril with the septum deviation.