Combining glidescope and fiber-optic for intubation in oral maxillofacial surgery
Open Access
- 1 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Medknow in Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
- Vol. 33 (2), 254-255
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.209738
Abstract
Airway management for patients with recent oral facial injuries is always a challenge for the anesthetist. We describe how the glidescope (GLS) and fiber-optic (FOB) can be effectively combined in three patients undergoing oral maxillofacial surgeries after sustaining multiple facial fractures from trauma to allow less traumatic intubation, an option to visualize on either monitor and faster intubating time (mean 1 min 14 s for our cases) compared to the use of either one alone. Although it allows for better visualization of the vocal cords, it requires 2 trained anaesthetists to perform and this would need to be considered when using this technique.Keywords
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