Ghana medical journal
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Ghana medical journal · Jun 2011
Management of contractures: a five-year experience at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.
Contractures are common complications of wounds healing by secondary intention; some cases are idiopathic and a few are congenital. Contractures cause significant morbidity to patients. ⋯ Thermal burns and soft tissue infections are the commonest causes of contractures presenting at KATH in Kumasi. These causes of contractures are preventable by early and adequate treatment of the acute conditions.
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Ghana medical journal · Jun 2011
Cuff inflation to aid nasotracheal intubation using the C-MAC videolaryngoscope.
A preliminary report is presented of a technique for using the C-MAC videolaryngoscope to carry out nasopharyngeal intubations. The main thrust of the technique is that cuff inflation of the endotracheal tube is used to lift the endotracheal tube off the posterior pharyngeal wall and thus direct it towards the glottis. ⋯ Indeed a couple of these patients might have been difficult to intubate using conventional laryngoscopy. The full technique is described together with pictures at the various stages of intubation.