Video-Assisted Intubating Stylet Technique for Difficult Intubation: A Case Series Report.

ABSTRACT: Induction of anesthesia can be challenging for patients with difficult airways and head or neck tumors. Factors that could complicate airway management include poor dentition, limited mouth opening, restricted neck motility, narrowing of oral airway space, restricted laryngeal and pharyngeal space, and obstruction of glottic regions from the tumor. Current difficult airway management guidelines include awake tracheal intubation, anesthetized tracheal intubation, or combined awake and anesthetized intubation. Video laryngoscopy is often chosen over direct laryngoscopy in patients with difficult airways because of an improved laryngeal view, higher frequency of successful intubations, higher frequency of first-attempt intubation, and fewer intubation attempts. In this case series report, we

SUBMITTER: Tsay PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature