Emergency videoendoscopic endonasal tracheal intubation for severe upper airway stenosis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Upper airway stenosis is one of the most formidable situations in medicine and is frequently encountered in the ENT clinic. We introduce here our method of emergency endonasal endotracheal intubation under videoendoscopic observation.

Methods

Transnasal endoscopic observation was done, and the region of airway stenosis was detected. Then, the endotracheal tube was prepared and the endoscope was inserted into the tube. The endoscope with tube was inserted up to the larynx. Immediately after the administration of lidocaine to the larynx, the endoscope with tube was inserted to the endolarynx and then to the trachea. The endotracheal tube was tightly held in the nostril, and the endoscope was removed.

Results

We have encountered four cases this year. The primary

SUBMITTER: Tsunoda A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578743 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature